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E. Bud Gillaspie

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Hey wantabes...
Sep 5^th, 2009 at 12:35pm

Any of you wantabe production turners want a job? I was contacted yesterday by a business owner who wants 25 salad sets=six (why six?) serving bowls, 6" x 2" + one 15" x 4" salad bowl/set. No burl sets. He wants them turned of maple or myrtle. He wants them by, "...the end of Oct." Roll Eyes

Sounds good, right? Wrong! He wants to pay $50.00/set shipped to his location. Smiley

If you're interested I have his number (in more ways than one.)

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Ðave Wendell WR Addict Offline Posts: 815 Charleston, SC South Carolina USA Gender:	Re: Hey wantabes... Reply #1 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 12:58pm smiley=lolk.gif Right..... Could you reach out and smiley=slap.gif him for me. I'm starting to wonder if they think we just climb up the trees and pick them like apples.
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Bob Hunt Active Member Offline Honest Dear. This is the last tool I will need! Posts: 139 Orlando, FL USA Gender:	Re: Hey wantabes... Reply #2 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 1:06pm Hey. What's the problem Dave? I have a Salad Bowl tree that is doing very well this year. Unfortunately they don't fully ripen until late November. My pen tree didn't do that well this year.
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Re: Hey wantabes...
Reply #3 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 1:13pm

Unless you have a Maple tree you cut down and started drying last year, you are going to buy close to 10 BDFT of wood for each set and you are talking about $3+ per BDFT for 8/4 & 12/4. Then shipping.....

I don't think any one is interested in doing these with a gross profit of $15-20 per set less electric, wear and tear on equipment.....

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Leo Frilot WR Addict Offline When the going gets tough, get a bigger gouge!!! Posts: 2,848 Baton Rouge, LA Louisiana USA Gender:	Re: Hey wantabes... Reply #5 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 3:45pm Let's invite him to the next meeting!
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Re: Hey wantabes...
Reply #6 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 5:22pm

JimQuarles wrote on Sep 5^th, 2009 at 1:13pm:

Unless you have a Maple tree you cut down and started drying last year, you are going to buy close to 10 BDFT of wood for each set and you are talking about $3+ per BDFT for 8/4 & 12/4. Then shipping.....

I don't think any one is interested in doing these with a gross profit of $15-20 per set less electric, wear and tear on equipment.....

JimQuarles

Ya mean ya gotta pay for lectric an wood an tools an all that other stuff we use,DANG,wondered where my bucks were a goin. Smiley

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Chuck Bryant WR Noob Offline This is really fun stuff! Posts: 19 Gender:	Re: Hey wantabes... Reply #7 - Sep 5^th, 2009 at 5:24pm He can go to.............. Pier 1
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Vaughn McMillan WR Addict Offline Does this nose make me look fat? Posts: 3,797 Albuquerque USA Gender:	Re: Hey wantabes... Reply #8 - Sep 7^th, 2009 at 4:47am Chuck Bryant wrote on Sep 5^th, 2009 at 5:24pm: He can go to.............. Pier 1 I was thinking Ikea, but they're both along the same lines.
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Frank Denton Junior Member Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 26 Gender:	Re: Hey wantabes... Reply #9 - Sep 8^th, 2009 at 2:37pm sounds like a job for Hobby Lobby!
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Brad_Mortensen WR Addict Offline WR Rocks! Posts: 610 Gender:	Re: Hey wantabes... Reply #10 - Sep 8^th, 2009 at 6:51pm If any one has a student, it would be a good project for them and if they did it ok you could share part of any profit with them. American Capitalism in action!!!!!
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Chuck Beland WR Addict Offline I got my eyes on you. Posts: 12,873 Gender:	Re: Hey wantabes... Reply #11 - Sep 9^th, 2009 at 4:47am How about Leo's favorite Walmart???
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Ed Weber WR Administrator WR Patron Offline Posts: 8,939 Wilton California USA Gender: JET 1642 Grizzly G0584	Re: Hey wantabes... Reply #12 - Sep 9^th, 2009 at 12:16pm smiley=lolk.gif smiley=shake head.gif
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JimQuarles WR Addict WR Patron Offline WR Rocks, BIG Time! Posts: 13,194 Glendale, AZ Arizona USA Gender:	Re: Hey wantabes... Reply #13 - Sep 9^th, 2009 at 4:25pm Hey, he said maple or myrtle, not bamboo. JimQuarles
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Re: Hey wantabes...
Reply #14 - Sep 10^th, 2009 at 7:58am

This project is NOT going to happen. We all know that. However, when this kind of request it is a great opportunity for us to educate these folks. At the price he's wanting to pay, we can't even get the wood, unless we happen to have a tree that came down several years ago and have access to all of it we need. This fellow probably does not mean any insult. He just does not understand what it is that he is asking for. We need to be ready to educate people so that they will understand and not ask for us to do such ridiculous projects. Could it be done under these parameters? Sure, if he provided the wood and we wanted to do the work for no profit. In reality, not a chance.
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