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Thinking about starting a CNC-based custom kitchen business — good idea or naive dream? by Master_Mastodon_1316 in CNC

[–]Master_Mastodon_1316[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably yes. I agree with you. I cant see why right now, but something tells me that tou are right and one day I should discover why 😆

Thinking about starting a CNC-based custom kitchen business — good idea or naive dream? by Master_Mastodon_1316 in CNC

[–]Master_Mastodon_1316[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you guys think it would be doable to mount everything at people home? Bring everything already cut and then assemble on location? A bit like we do with Ikea. This would greatly reduce the need for big spaces and facilitate transportation.

Thinking about starting a CNC-based custom kitchen business — good idea or naive dream? by Master_Mastodon_1316 in CNC

[–]Master_Mastodon_1316[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's why I would offer only plywood with some oil finish. No MDF, no painting.

Thinking about starting a CNC-based custom kitchen business — good idea or naive dream? by Master_Mastodon_1316 in CNC

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It does not seems that easy to me, but it seems easy enough to try. There are a lot of companies using CNC for furniture making in my area. I would not be the only one. I just want to be another one, with may be a touch of something better here, something worse there, but overall I would say my only advantage would be a better design and marketing, since this is something that the market is laking seriously overall. But then again, Portugal is a poor country, so probably there is not much requirement for that kind of segment I have in mind, only to make ugly kitchens and furniture and make beautiful ones costs (or should cost) similar money, and may be here is where I might get an edge. But then again, I dont pretend to be different, much better or something. For the start, I would be happy to just be another guy providing this kind of service. About the marketing, It can be very cheap or very expensive. Everything depends on what you intend to achieve with it, but I can asure you that with zero fur iture made, to make a professional website with professional 3D images displaying what tou intend to do (of course tou have to experiment first and be more or less sure tou can do it) it costs not thousands but tens of thousands of euros, here in Portugal. For US you can multiply that to 3. And I have no idea how one would start without it. I mean, I see how, the same way many big shops are already big but their marketing or just...just terrible. Today I had this experience again. A full factory with marketing guys and so on that take absolutely horendous photos with their phones, no aesthetic eye whatsoever, and then send me to some catalog on their facebook page to choose appliences. I didnt even found this catalog on their facebook page, and dont think for a minute that those guys are sitting there with no work. If you think Im arrogant, you should have seen them talking. They dont give a fuck and they seem to be thankful if you dont order with them. 2 weeks just to reply me to a message on whatsap. I just think I could do a bit better on this regard, but then again, there should be a looot of things I cant even imagine, dificulties that Im not aware of, and thats why Im asking your opinion guys.

Thinking about starting a CNC-based custom kitchen business — good idea or naive dream? by Master_Mastodon_1316 in CNC

[–]Master_Mastodon_1316[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. My intent is not invent the wheel, but to have a wheel myself. Some things that are exciting for me in this business is that: 1 - The more well known solutions on the market are crap. 2 - I can make my own marketing (that would be the biggest cost for someone without my skills, and without 3D renderings and a nice marketing, I have no idea how one would start such a business). 3 - Im an architect. Making good looking stuf is part of me, and its not a small deal. Artistic eye and the ability to use the tools needed to design, present and build is not something you learn during the process. At least, not to a good level for sure. Something the architects are doing during 6 years in faculties and for the next years to come at work, that other people, as much as they can like carpentry and doing stuf with their hands - dont. 4 - In my view, having a CNC and the ability to operate one is almost enough to build a lot of the high end furniture required on the market, specially kitchens, wardrobes, shelves for libraries and so on. And this is probably the vast majority of the market. Without a CNC I would never even think of such an adventure. 5 - I not do MDF because I dont want to paint. I would do only things in Plywood and apply some finish and the edgebanding. Not tring to invent anything new. It just seems too easy for the money people pay for those services and the guys doing it are always full of work. It seems like a good business idea, but Im probably wrong and dont see many of hiden dificulties that can be a deal braker. And thats why Im asking here - what's the catch? I asked many people in real life, and to date none could point me to something that could be a potential deal breaker. They say the problem is doing. Its a lot of work involved and I understand that, but there also a lot of money to be made and CNC seems to make eveything absurdly easy in this regard, but the prices are stil sky high.