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Paul Eichenlaub
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- Bensneville, IL
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Machinery & Power Tools
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Home Based Professional…
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Its not your fault that he did not read the contract. I would check the local laws and then file a lein and a lawsuit.
Good luck.
The Machinery & Power Tools group is designed for users of woodworking machinery and power tools.
Thats the only good thing about being in a big city in one of these down turns that there is alot of people here so you have better chance of getting work when times are slow.The work we are getting now is commercail work and residental work on the…
Steve
You are right that they do start off as a 1 man shop and grow from there but here in the Chicago area I see alot of the guys that have grown want to go back to the small shop like I did. I find that it is so hard to find a good employee and ju…
I think that home shops are a great idea, but for the person that has been there done that with the big shop.Most people are young and just starting off that have their first shop out of their home and end up charging to low just to get the work. Th…
This group is for all the professional woodworkers who have a home based shop.
This group is for anyone who makes custom furniture, including art furniture.
Jim, I have some freinds that are set up the same way you are and they charge close to what we charge here in the city. The problem that they have is that the high end clients use designers and the designers want the manufactures close by so they us…
Will,I have seen some shops use that tactic and it has worked but the problem I see is much deeper in the woodworking industry. First is the way we price our work is all over the board for the same product as your pricing survey shows.Second we let…
Here just outside of Chicago the cabinet side is starting to pick up and the furniture end is still slow. The problem we have is getting paid with in 30 days most of the time it is 60 days and if we set terms to get paid with in 30 days we lose the…
Thanks Will
I was wondering if anyone knows of any shows in the midwest that are just for small furniture makers.I know of the show in Milwaulkee but it seems that all of the shows have and arts and crafts and furniture in the same show. They tell you how many…
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- At 8:16am on September 27, 2009,
Joe Powers said…
- Paul, I,m just breezing through some of the comments from way back.I noticed that you mentioned something about commercial zoning back in May and was wondering if you may have any more info on this(pros or cons)I,m home based in Canada so doubt the same regs. would apply but would still be interested in your views. Thanks Joe
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