Tomorrow we are opening up for a Meet and Greet. That is just a fancy way of saying we are open as normal, but we are really wanting to have people come by and say hello, and to talk about the things we have on sale, or the things we can make bespoke for them or their event. I’ll do a proper Open House on the Saturday following. But for now, I would just like to see if we can get someone through the door and to meet up with us and see that we are here. We have been opening up for ages with nobody coming by. So, since we are offering items for sale for everyday and for events, maybe we need to have events. Maybe we need to have them every day. But this business of opening up for nothing is really, really old!
As for today, I am reminded of the value of our Amazon Prime account with its promised two-day delivery. We are waiting on the fourth day now for a battery delivery for the alarm that sounds every time someone opens the door to the shop. Ours seem to have died, and we have not been minding it because we have no way of knowing when someone is there. That needs to be fixed, soon. But if I have to, I suppose I can put my new work bench outside and work through the day. After all, that kind of mobility is what it’s for. Also, I need people to see what I can make visa vie the workbench, and with my own mill and such.
Whatever the case, we need this to amount to something, and hopefully more than just a person or two coming by. But honestly, we would take that with a certain amount of overwhelming joy!
Speaking of the workbench, I don’t know if I want to put in dogholes, or just a couple of channels I can insert a square stick into as a stop to work against while running knives and the like, or should I build custom jigs for spoon carving? So many options! I need to see this able to work in the front porch where it is much warmer, so I can get a profit turned from it in these cold winter days. And again, being able to build it myself gives me the options! And I can offer such options to clients! I would think I could do it for $400 or $500 or so custom made, but I may look at it after and decide the fit and finish is not what it should be, then give a discount of $50 to $100. There are a lot of variables. Some to do with the wood, some with the final product and how it turns out, and then the cost could go up again based on moving parts or specialty work holding pieces. The more dogs and jigs included, then obviously the price would go up, too. I am talking the base price of a simple bench like the one in the pictures. But bear in mind, that one has a removable tabletop, and can be used with or without it.
Well, six AM is rolling up on me. I got up twenty minutes ago and put wood in the stove to warm it up downstairs. I best plan on getting up out of bed here real soon!