[mihai_p]

Hi,

My name is Mihai (people call me Mishu) and I am glad to join the Router Forums. I have no experience in woodworking (my professional background has nothing to do with woodworking) but I have an interest (and some experience) in interior design and from here my recent interest in woodworking and routers.

I have recently bought a new property in my birth country (Romania) and started some renovations (the house is new, but still needs some work to be done). I am used to and appreciate a house with nice, rich mouldings (baseboards, ogees) but unfortunately this is not the standard back in Romania. I have tried to find companies that offer this type of wood or mdf products and I was amazed to find how poor the offer is and how expensive the products are comapred to prices in Canada (and US). I am sure that most of them are imoprted and, to make my story short, I plan to open a local business - baseboard and ogee production, taking advantage of the cheap labor there.
I am sure there is potential for this type of business but I totally lack experience in the woodworking field. The most importand for me is to make sure I buy the right equipment, so I would appreciate some advice in regard to this (where to find information, recommandations for type of equipment, anything that could help).

Thanks in advance for your help!

Mishu

 

[jw2170]

Welcome to the forum, Mishu.

Starting up a business with no experience in that field may be a short cut to failure.

You will need to know what tools are required and the production line that needs to be set up.

Labor may be cheap, but if they know more than you, you may be ripped off...

If they know less than you.......

IMO, You may need to start looking at shapers for production, not a domestic router.?

 

[OutoftheWoodwork]

Hi Mishu welcome to the forum :happy:

I think before you even consider opening a business such as that, I would not only
get some experience under your belt, but education on the product and tools, etc.
before even taking on any sort of adventure as that. James is right. You're headed
for a failure if you don't take your time and do it right.

Good Luck

 

[JOAT]

Welcome aboard.

In other words, don't quit your day job. Start small, work up.

 

[Cherryville Chuck]

Making common moldings quickly enough to be profitable requires large machiney. The molding machines can cost from $50,000 to $100,000 or more and you would require a machine cutting your stock to the correct width to feed the molder. You might be able to get in at a smaller level with a Woodmaster planer/sander/molder for around $2,000 to $3,000 and make specialty moldings for things like picture frames.

 

[mihai_p]

Thank you James for your advice, I totally agree with you and I am in no hurry to spend my money before I am confident I make the right choices; I know it is a slow process before I acquire the right information and some experience.

Regards,

Mishu