How long do you work per day? Per week? Where do you build it? What do you build? Likes and dislikes about it? Anything else I should know?
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My brother is a cabinet maker. He has been doing it for 25 years and he does only really nice specialty cabinets. He also does an occasional bookcase or other built in piece of furniture. He has always worked by himself, although he has always used a helper for the installation part of it.
He has a shop at his house and he absolutely loves doing it and he is very, very good. He has made some cabinets for the Governor’s mansion in NM.
Now, he only works about 15 hours a week but when he first started he probably worked an easy 80-100 hours a week. He has made very good money. Not rich, but he loves the work and is very comfortable.
The only thing he dislikes about it is some of the people who are impossible to please.
Hope that helps.
I do. I actually started my own business but currently having a building built to expand my possibilities. I’ve done quite a few display cases, one is in a museum in NYC displaying an Elvis belt. I am looking to do cabinetry and furniture. I would not be surprised if I’m working atleast 60 hrs/week when my building is complete. I love woodworking. My only dislike is some people try to take advantage of small businesses or try and get something for nothing. Quality costs a bit more.
i build tables, made from red cedar , in my part time week ends ,evenings,
there are rustic looking ,but sell for about $750 a table
i make them to order , and i have say three weeks to make one . people enjoy hand made tables, hence the price
ive made every thing from book cases, to archs, add on , dolls houses, sheds, and some gazbos
they are all one offs, and working work time ,make it more fun to do
im a full time remodeler
Anyone attempting to become a woodcraftsman, need to determine if they only want to be a hobbiest, or a professional. The hobbiest normally only works at the small easy to build craft type projects. The money he earns usually does not cover all his “real” expenses. He gets more, out of the adulation/respect he feel from starting, completing a project. The professional, works, works, and works! He sets himself up in a shop facility that houses the equipment he needs to build what his clients request. He willingly takes on jobs that he never ever expected to be exposed to, and figures out how to build the item. He learns the in’s and outs of the profession, it may take him years to be recognized, each project he takes on and finishes that is accepted by his clients, feed his pride and wallet. A good furniture craftsman is rare. Cabinet makers are a dying breed. The large Box manufactures, can purchase materials in bulk, so much cheaper, than any individual woodworker could ever hope to get the same materials for. Therefore, cabinets built by an independent cabinet shop, will usually be more expensive. This results, in the client paying more for a product he could get “over the counter” at a “Box” store. But, what the client gets from the small cabinet shop, is ‘WHAT HE WANTS”!!! the choice of materials (wood, laminates, finishes) make using the small shop better. You are limited by what is available at your “Box” store merchandise. The professional furniture maker is often praised for his injunity, his choice of materials, his choice of finishing techniques, and the final product will be treasured long after the “Box” shop product is dumped and burned. As for the “anal/inane” client, the world is full of idiots that want you to tell them what they can have, and then argue that what you provided isn’t what they wanted. You learn to recognize who these people are, and point them in the direction of the “Box” shops at the mall.
im a mason who is usually laid off in the winter…have a small woodshop in my garage and i build jewelry boxes…dont have the room for big projects…not much time for woodworking in the summer…