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  1. MikeSav

    setting up a workshop costs

    Looks like he makes some fine work, and has a speciality in the outdoor seating.
  2. MikeSav

    setting up a workshop costs

    I'm in my mid-forties and only realised I want to work with wood around five years ago, taking several short courses in fine furniture making before investing several years in a now aborted timber milling venture, from which I learnt some of the nature of wood, cutting and seasoning it etc. My...
  3. MikeSav

    setting up a workshop costs

    Unless I find myself leaving college with customers queueing up to buy my furniture from the end of year exhibitions - but I think I'm drifting into fantasy land !
  4. MikeSav

    setting up a workshop costs

    This is great advice! I don't have a product yet, I'm still learning how to make fine furniture. I'll finish my course July 2024, and from what I've learned on this thread (and at an established makers open workshop day I just attended), it would be sensible to go and work for someone else for a...
  5. MikeSav

    setting up a workshop costs

    Thank you so much for your detailed reply, this kind of advice from experience is just what I was looking for. The units I've looked at locally on industrial estates tend to be around £12k a year for a bit under 1000 square foot, which seems like a huge overhead. Seems that asking around farms...
  6. MikeSav

    setting up a workshop costs

    Do you mind me asking, how much is the rent on a 900 square foot place? Thanks
  7. MikeSav

    setting up a workshop costs

    I'm glad to hear you're busy. I don't have expectations of making any serious money woodworking, I just love it. It certainly seems that the rent and rates can be the killers, and that's what makes me wonder if there's a way to minimise the damage by either sharing a workshop with several...
  8. MikeSav

    setting up a workshop costs

    So I'm getting from this that it's a bad idea, unviable, unaffordable and without a market.
  9. MikeSav

    setting up a workshop costs

    None, probably. But all those machines and materials will take up lots of space
  10. MikeSav

    setting up a workshop costs

    P.S I have been looking at bench spaces to rent and can't find any in Hampshire at all - I am also considering and researching the option of setting up a workshop to provide this purpose
  11. MikeSav

    setting up a workshop costs

    13 years later... I'm guessing that most of this information is still relevant to someone wishing to set up a workshop, except perhaps the figures. As someone who is looking into the subject with a view to setting up a workshop (primarily for freestanding and fitted furniture), could anyone...
  12. MikeSav

    Sold Hammer n4400 bandsaw

    Sorry, now Sold
  13. MikeSav

    Sold Hammer n4400 bandsaw

  14. MikeSav

    Sold Hammer n4400 bandsaw

    £850 My trusty Hammer N4400 bandsaw up for sale, I'll sure miss it. Some light rust on table, nothing serious, runs great, 240v 16 amp lead included, fusebox will require a 16 amp fuse to run. 2014. SO18 area of Southampton, 5 mins off the M27. £850
  15. MikeSav

    Bench space for hire/rent South

    Those look great. I wish there were some in Hampshire - I wonder why there isn't
  16. MikeSav

    Bench space for hire/rent South

    Does anyone know of any workshops that rent out bench space and machinery use in Hampshire or anywhere around the South Coast for that matter? If so, how much do they charge? If not, and you live near Southampton, would you be interested in such a thing? Has anyone ran, rented from or had any...
  17. MikeSav

    For Swap Fresh felled Field Maple in the round. SPOKEN FOR.....

    Damn, if only I were closer - love field maple
  18. MikeSav

    For Sale Slightly used iTech 260s

    You're welcome to come and test it out Sam, if you want. I see you're not too far
  19. MikeSav

    For Sale Slightly used iTech 260s

    I bought it in april for £1758 inc VAT and delivery, and paid extra for the base from axminster, just looked at the receipt. I am reluctantly selling it because I need the money - all my powered tools will have to go over the coming weeks, unfortunately. I guess they've gone up due to this...
  20. MikeSav

    For Sale Slightly used iTech 260s

    Forgot to mention: collection only from Southampton, van or trailer needed!
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