rufusmullins513's Space http://rufusmullins513.posterous.com Most recent posts at rufusmullins513's Space posterous.com Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:56:00 -0800 Woodworking Machines http://rufusmullins513.posterous.com/woodworking-machines http://rufusmullins513.posterous.com/woodworking-machines Whether you're beginning a new woodworking business or enlarging your current business, chances are that your plans entail buying new woodworking machinery. But before you buy one or more new machines, it's important to ask some questions whose true answers you may be overlooking as you plan for success. Below, we cover four questions that woodworkers often fail to answer honestly as they set out to start a new business.

Number One: Is the Machinery Right for Your Workspace?

Because the same woodworking machine can be purchased in a variety of forms-from handheld machines to machines that ideally require an industrial workspace-it's important to be objective about how a machine's size will affect your work floor. If you have a warehouse style workspace, then machine size shouldn't matter. But if you're starting a woodshop, consider whether purchasing a combination machine that offers multiple functions in the same unit would be the best choice. Although a large workspace could be in your future, buying the machinery for it now will only complicate your current work floor.

Number Two: Is the Machinery Right for Your Extended Budget?

If you have a nest egg saved for your new woodworking machinery, consider yourself ahead of the game. But don't forget that how you spend your nest egg could come back to haunt you if unforeseen business needs occur in the near future. If you want a CNC router that costs $150,000 but a lower capacity model that costs $80,000 could easily handle your production demand, consider purchasing the latter until you see how things play out. When the coast is clear, you can easily sell your router for a handsome price and buy a higher capacity model.

Number Three: Is the Machinery Right for Your Woodworking Needs?

Some woodworkers buy a machine because they fall in love with its abilities, even when they don't match well with the needs of a woodworking operation. For example, buying a CNC router when the cuts you'd use it for could be performed by a table saw amounts to buying with your heart and not your head. On the other hand, don't make the mistake of being so economic that your machines aren't designed to facilitate your production rate or intricacy of work.

Number Four: Would buying the Machinery Used Make More Sense than buying it New?

This is a question that most woodworkers face when they encounter the high prices of industrial woodworking machinery, which can easily soar to over $100,000 per machine. While no one wants to start a new woodworking operation with used machinery, purchasing used woodworking machinery is often the sensible option. Due to the superior lifespan of industrial grade machines, buying them used amounts to getting new machine performance at a used machine price, especially when they have a spotless maintenance record and are sold by a seller with a spotless record at the Better Business Bureau (BBB).


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