| Author: | Brian S (registered user: 1714 posts ) |
| Date: | Thu, Apr 19th, 2012 @ 08:36 ( . ) |
On 04/18/2012 @ 22:32, Chris A wrote :
Brian, OK. I'll give it a go. I can start small. What I don't want is to have people thinking they are buying Ikea furniture. I think I will have to show instructions for finishing this that show using a drill and clamps and rounding off the corners with a block plane. : : I have a design where I can stock boards cut to even inch lengths (8, 10, 12,..20) and people can buy two of each size and they will interlock. All are 9.5 inches wide, exactly. Or I might cut them slightly oversize to give the chassis a loser fit. : : I've not yet figured out how to handle the front baffle for combo cabinets. The speakers are all different size. I think it would have to be custom work, not shipped from stock. -- What you need to do is to have some standard products that you make in quantity. Anything else is custom work. I have 4 standard size chassis. They go pretty cheap because I cut the blanks 25 at a time. Any other size is custom, takes much longer, and I adjust my labor costs accordingly. Start small and don't invest too much in it. You will learn pretty quickly if it will work out or not. I started out cutting chassis blanks with a jig saw under a shade tree. My box brake was on my front porch. Now I work out of a nice little air conditiond shop. My wife has banned me from the porch. LOL And remember, ebay is your friend. I don't make much on my standard chassis sold on ebay because of the fees, etc., but I do a good bit of volume to make up for it and it generates a good bit of custom work. |
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