Jim Tolpins Guide to Becoming a Professional Cabinetmaker

English

ISBN: 1558707530

EAN: 9781558707535

Category: Design / Furniture/House & Home / General/House & Home / Do-It-Yourself / Carpentry/

Publisher: F&W Media, Incorporated

Release Date: 10/01/2005

Synopsis: Your Blueprint for Making Good Cabinetry and Good Money If youve ever dreamed of making an honest living with your hands, then let Jim Tolpin show you how to become a professional cabinetmaker without losing your shirt - or your sanity. Thirty years ago Tolpin almost destroyed his custom cabinetmaking business because he committed every easy-to-make but hard-to-avoid mistake. He fixed his shop, his woodworking techniques and his business model so that instead of them making him crazy, they would make him a comfortable living. With the help of Jim Tolpins Guide to Becoming a Professional Cabinetmakeryou can follow the same successful and detailed path as you set up your own woodworking business (or make your existing business run more smoothly). Heres what youll learn: Be as good at business as you are at woodworking. Structure your business correctly. Keep records that allow you to set accurate prices. Find new business and keep the old. Configure your shop, buy your tools and build your jigs so they earn their keep. Blend high-tech European cabinetry techniques with American furniture styles to make cabinets that are quick to build, easy to customize and a snap to sell to people in your market.

Jim Tolpins Guide to Becoming a Professional Cabinetmaker

Illustrated: Yes

Format: Paperback

Height: 0.38 inches

Width: 8.5 inches

Length: 11.0 inches

Weight: 19.08 oz

Pages: 128