Sounds like, for the most part, we're all of similar mind. It's a nice dream/hobby, but I'm not quitting my day job anytime soon. At least not for this business.
Now...for the other 12 ideas I have floating around in my head; maybe...someday.
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- Sun Nov 23, 2014 6:43 pm
- Forum: Aprés Ski Building
- Topic: Business Plan
- Replies: 25
- Views: 24144
- Sat Nov 22, 2014 7:10 am
- Forum: Aprés Ski Building
- Topic: Business Plan
- Replies: 25
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DTrain - even at those calculations you're ignoring any money invested in capital equipment (your ski shop), taxes, benefits you'd have to pay for/to your employees, scrap (yes, there will ALWAYS be some scrap), cost of capital, and insurance costs. Most importantly, there will be very large adverti...
- Fri Nov 21, 2014 6:13 pm
- Forum: Aprés Ski Building
- Topic: Business Plan
- Replies: 25
- Views: 24144
- Fri Nov 21, 2014 7:42 am
- Forum: Aprés Ski Building
- Topic: Business Plan
- Replies: 25
- Views: 24144
Dtrain - Awesome for you! By your description you're certainly committed and it sounds like you're already getting in the black. Selling low quantities takes no work at all, like you said, they sell themselves. And customers are MUCH more interested in talking skis than they are in paying for them. ...
- Thu Nov 20, 2014 6:28 pm
- Forum: Aprés Ski Building
- Topic: Business Plan
- Replies: 25
- Views: 24144
What I've learned: It's definitely not a receptive environment for trying to make this a full-time business. As a side-business, 5-50 (or whatever you can do in a garage after work) is appropriate, and you can probably sell most of them. Me - I'll probably try to stick to around 5-7 pairs per year. ...
- Tue Nov 18, 2014 5:44 pm
- Forum: Aprés Ski Building
- Topic: Business Plan
- Replies: 25
- Views: 24144
- Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:56 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Wood sidewall preference
- Replies: 28
- Views: 23349
- Sun Nov 16, 2014 9:59 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Wood sidewall preference
- Replies: 28
- Views: 23349
I've used poplar, maple, granadillo, paulownia and cedar. I've tested all of them for 10+ days (except the paulownia) and have had no issues. For the porous woods I make sure to put a couple cotes of Teak oil on them to prevent any water from seeping into the sidewall. Wood is good. I talked to some...
- Sun Nov 16, 2014 9:54 am
- Forum: Aprés Ski Building
- Topic: Business Plan
- Replies: 25
- Views: 24144
- Sun Nov 09, 2014 6:34 pm
- Forum: Aprés Ski Building
- Topic: Business Plan
- Replies: 25
- Views: 24144
Business Plan
Hey fellow ski builders. Just wondering how many of you have thought of taking your business a step further? I'm working on writing a business plan for a ski making business and was curious if anyone else had gone through the process and rigor of the exploration process? I'd be very curious to know ...
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 4:24 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Cedar Cores
- Replies: 15
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I bought 100 bf of pawlonia earlier this summer. Waiting for a good week free of work, school and obligations to finish making the cores. I have oak under the bindings so retain the screws. Will be sure to weigh the cores prior to layup. Then see how light the C/F skis turn out. Pair with cedar was ...
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 12:32 pm
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Cedar Cores
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14270
- Wed Jun 04, 2014 7:51 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Cedar Cores
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14270
- Mon Jun 02, 2014 5:47 am
- Forum: Ski/Snowboard Design and Layup
- Topic: Cedar Cores
- Replies: 15
- Views: 14270
Desmond - It was not that difficult to peel apart, at least once it was started. For reference - I have no baseline to compare to. I've never had an issue with delam before. In total I rode them about ten times in total this winter, and didn't have any issues afterwards. I've glued up some new cores...
- Tue Feb 25, 2014 1:34 pm
- Forum: Equipment and Tools (e.g., ski press, core profiler, etc)
- Topic: wood burning or stamping with a stamp
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9808