Originally Posted by
Eddard_Stark
Andrew,
Thx for the reply.
Yes I am tired of making cabinets. Mainly I am tired of dealing with people constantly changing their minds, contractors always demanding the moon yet don't even know my name when it's time to pay etc. It has caused me a good deal of stress that has affected my health lately; which has prompted me to explore other options.
Conversely, the process of building my machine, learning electrical, basic control theory, fabrication, welding, machining, programming, CAD/CAM has been exhilarating. I love it.
I would love to keep my machine as long as it could 'pay its own way' so to speak. Better yet, I would love to be able to apply all the things I have learned; keep learning, and go even farther. While I have been self employed for over a decade I'm starting to realize the hard truth that many of the 'business' side of things just aren't my bag. Collections, managing expectations, marketing, etc.....I dislike them all. Not to sound like a complainer, because I do spend a great deal of time doing 'things I don't like', but the aforementioned things have been wearing on me for a while, as I mentioned earlier, to the point they have affected my health.
Also I don't know what you mean by thrones.
The only way I will stay in the cabinet business is if I decide to commit to growing to a point where I can justify a full time salesman to handle most of the things that cause me stress. I would welcome the challenge of further automating my shop; I already have ideas for an automated sheet loader and unloader; dedicated auto loading CNC miter door station; and I have been toying with OpenCV with the thought of implementing a vision based automated finishing machine.
Anyway, sorry for the liveblog. lol.