Hi,
I'm still new to these forums, and running a business, furniture building , repair, etc.
I am not sure how to charge customers...
I just repaired a mahogany rocking chair. It was missing a rocking runner, just gone.
The tenons were gone off the legs, but sheared right at the base of the leg.
I mortised out the legs and made a new 5/4 mahogany runner, or whatever you call the foot, rocking thing...ha
I made a template from the existing one and fabricated a copy out of some rough mahogany...
So: I had to size lumber, cut a copy on bandsaw, rout on table for profile, mortise and make dowel tenons, sand, spray-paint, (the chair is black), glue-up and touch up.
Well, this is for a friend, a Nun. So I am doing for nothing, but!!! If, this was a regular customer, how and how much would a one-man shop charge.
I have $20 in materials into it. and probably 5 hrs.
Concerning this job, as well as how to charge others.
I need a formula for how much is a fair and honest rate.
Thanks.
Steve
I'm still new to these forums, and running a business, furniture building , repair, etc.
I am not sure how to charge customers...
I just repaired a mahogany rocking chair. It was missing a rocking runner, just gone.
The tenons were gone off the legs, but sheared right at the base of the leg.
I mortised out the legs and made a new 5/4 mahogany runner, or whatever you call the foot, rocking thing...ha
I made a template from the existing one and fabricated a copy out of some rough mahogany...
So: I had to size lumber, cut a copy on bandsaw, rout on table for profile, mortise and make dowel tenons, sand, spray-paint, (the chair is black), glue-up and touch up.
Well, this is for a friend, a Nun. So I am doing for nothing, but!!! If, this was a regular customer, how and how much would a one-man shop charge.
I have $20 in materials into it. and probably 5 hrs.
Concerning this job, as well as how to charge others.
I need a formula for how much is a fair and honest rate.
Thanks.
Steve