Cabinet making business + equipment

DPtwiz

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well, it's time to pass this on to the next person. I have offered this to a few local Klovers, they have first shot at it. there's many reasons why i feel i need to move on, i won't bore you with the details. Here's what's included:

1 Shopbot PRS Standard 48 X 96 CNC machine 120V With a Yaskawa 220V 2.2 Hp Spindle cutter

2 Vacuum hold down system with a Feign Turbo III shop vac

3 Dust collection system

4 Dell laptop running windows XP Pro

5 Craftsman digital Tablesaw

6 Porter cable hand router

7 wood rack, any remaining wood.

8 Assorted router bits, collets, dust collector bags.

9 All related software, and all my cabinet files (18 - 20) cut ready.

I just spent over 3000 on the spindle and vacuum hold down, and took a month to work all the bugs out of it, runs perfect now. I am averaging 1 cabinet cut out per hour now, where it used to take 3 hours. You can change sheets in under a minute now. I have approximately 19K in everything i have listed above, everything is working. I Need to get 16K FIRM.

I did approximately 60 cabinets last year, averaging 200.00 profit per cab, for a total of 12,000.00 I will be willing to offer up tech support for a year, and i'd also be willing to do programming work for new cabinets at a reasonable price too. If anyone has a serious interest, call me 419 457 0100 Brett
 
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Sure hope you either find a worthy successor or you change your mind and continue doing it yourself. I really hope to be a recipient of one of these cabs one day. Best of luck to you!
 
Restructure your business plan. Hit it from a new angle. Offer cab restore parts undercutting others, get a stand at home shows offering a decent multi to beat out the costco one for regular folks. You could even offer multi kits so they could assemble it. Cocktail multis too.
 
Im confused it looked like you were going to have nice success with the Star Wars cockpit??? Why are you closing shop??? It sounds like your setup is worth the price you ask, but if I was a interested buyer I would want to know why you are closing shop!!
 
Isn't it obvious? This part of the "Hobby" is infringing on the man's family time. When a Hobby becomes too much of a business that it doesn't allow you to spend time with your family, it doesn't matter how much money you are making it is time to sell.
 
Isn't it obvious? This part of the "Hobby" is infringing on the man's family time. When a Hobby becomes too much of a business that it doesn't allow you to spend time with your family, it doesn't matter how much money you are making it is time to sell.

Couldnt have said it better than myself, while I dont have children I do see the stress that many of my hobbies/business ideas do put strain on my family and relationships.
That why I have to quit buying xbox 360s by the pallet from china, haha. the money was there but running a one man show is very very time consuming.
 
Thanks for the nice comments guys. I have 4 kids, a grueling day job, and some health/family issues to deal with. I need another surgery on my right hand, and possibly my left elbow now. Sure, my setup makes money, no doubt about that. Working all day out in the heat/cold and then comming home and doing the same every night, and every weekend is just more than i can stand right now.

I haven't worked/restored/touched any of my own games for two years. I just don't have enough free/family time as it is, and it causes me alot of grief from the GF too. I have 2 prospective buyers, one of which is still going to be making cabinets from the included files. Also, i offered to program in new cabinets for a little extra money, so they will have more to offer than i could have accomplished.
 
I wish you the best of luck DP, I've been at that same cross road when I performed with a band every weekend, for roughly 10 years straight. Rehearsed 3 days a week, played Friday/Saturday nights(an occasional Thursday), plus whatever nights spent setting up or tearing down. All of that while juggling a full time job, I got burned out and retired from performing full time anymore. Now I'll do some fill in shows here and there, and make more money playing one night than I did full time, lol. When I hit that cross road though, I didn't even set up my drums for almost two years. Didn't look at them, didn't think about them, simply didn't want anything to do with them for quite some time.

When you hit the wall, it's time to either take a long break or just simply walk away from it. I know your family and your own conscious will enjoy your time off from the hobby.
 
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