What would you charge?

Is this for fun and adventure or to make a living?

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

I guess it really depends on the tools that you have in your shop, but if I had to come up with a figure based the way my shop is equipped, I’d have to say ballpark $1,800.

I’m a hobbyist. I don’t do this for a living. I don’t even buy a whole lot of furniture. My off-the-top figure for good quality furniture would be somewhere on the order of $700 per chair, and at least $1500 for the table. I may be way high, but seems to me that well engineered well finished quality products from a U.S. manufacturer are going to run that or more.

Especially since the main reason to get them from someone who’s going to build them for you rather than buying them from a shop that turns out lots of them is that there are going to be tweaks in dimensions.

-- Dan Lyke, Petaluma California, http://www.flutterby.net/User:DanLyke

Remeber one thing, what ever price you charge, make sure it’s enough that you won’t lose interest half way through.

russv

-- yknotwood.com: where to go because you don't want no stinking plastic!

I agree with Mr Lyke about 4000-4500 But they better be nice.

-- Dan, Sterling Alaska, http://sullcon.homestead.com/ Before you criticise some one, walk a mile in their shoes...then you will be a mile away and you have their shoes!

Being a hobbyist your life doens’t depend on it ;-)) Add up your materials, put labor units on all the steps, price your labor as you see fit, allow for expendibles (overhead =15% most businesses) + profit?? = total

I wouldn’t ball park it, you will come up short :-((

-- Debt is nothing more than the 21st Century's form of slavery.

Ball park, $500 per chair, $1200 for the table.

-- Dave- New Brunswick

I think russv put it best. Materials cost you can figure up front, but the labor will need to be enough so you don’t lose interest half way through. I’d rather lose the sale up front then realize half way through the project that I screwed up and underpriced it and end up hating every minute spent trying to finish the job.

-- John @ Myrtle Beach

The studies, research, and bids I have done say that I cannot sell a chair for less than $1500 each. The table I would price at no less than $3500.

The last dining set I bid at $13,000. I did not get the job but I am glad that I did not take it for less.

I back Huff’s sentiments.

-- Todd A. Clippinger, Montana, http://amcraftsman.com

Thanks guys, some good points.

Todd is close to reality on this one.

-- miles125, Alabama.."Architecture is frozen music""

I would quote it in the 7K range.

-- http://timberwerksstudio.blogspot.com/

Don’t be afraid to say “No”. I think everyone knows what I mean. Just because someone wants you to make something, doesn’t mean it’s something you want to do. My biggest mistake as a hobbiest is saying yeah I can do that and (like the other comments) whising the whole time I was working on something I wanted to do instead.

-- There's many a slip betwixt a cup and a lip.--Scott

I would say somewhere around 7000-8000 for the set. Don’t set the precident that you work for peanuts…it’s not worth your time.

-- John , Central PA , www.jcsterling.com