David Kailey Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Got an order for 5 corbels......then another for 20. I always post what I am up to on IG and FB......I have had people say so of its not worth posting, its to easy to make,........ bla bla bla.......it dosen't show case my skills.... Well these are about as simple a corbel as a guy can make......customer ordered 5 of them....easy $250 job. I posted them today at 1pm and then I got a call from a guy 450 miles a way...... he saw them cause his buddy follows my IG account.....he loves them and is putting in a set of wall shelves..... he ordered 20 of them at $50 each....... easy 12-14 hours of work maybe $50 in materials...... nice little payday to keep the lights on and the doors open. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 sounds like the roses that I make. if I post any on FB I need to make a ton more. I cant keep up. If it's worth it Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kailey Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 22 minutes ago, Daswulf said: sounds like the roses that I make. if I post any on FB I need to make a ton more. I cant keep up. If it's worth it Great! Lol. I guess my roses are a bit diffrent. I post one and everyone wants one until I price them out. Id have to get $40-50 a piece. I'd like to see how you make yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 An artist friend recently sold a rose for $150. Do not under price your labor. Put them out there for what you should charge, and see how the market reacts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ausfire Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Roses take a while to make. I sell mine for about $60 and they sell quickly. I don't do many now as there is more demand for things that give better return for the time spent. Maybe I should change my avatar to a bottle opener! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba682 Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Fb is great for sellin but like ya say dont under price yourself and i like those racks,and like me buddy here says its great to have skills but its what ever sells that pays the bills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted February 22, 2017 Share Posted February 22, 2017 16 hours ago, David Kailey said: he ordered 20 of them at $50 each I just want to make sure I'm not confusing the term 'each.' You do mean it as a single one (1) and not a set (2 or more) when you say each, correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kailey Posted February 23, 2017 Author Share Posted February 23, 2017 $50 each....... so 20 x $50 = @1,000.00 The original order was priced out at some corbels the customer saw on line, machine made, and they were $50 each.......I knew I could match the price so I did. The next guy owns a house on lake CDA in Idaho......So no need to lower my price even with the order of 20. On 2/22/2017 at 0:52 AM, ausfire said: Roses take a while to make. I sell mine for about $60 and they sell quickly. I don't do many now as there is more demand for things that give better return for the time spent. Maybe I should change my avatar to a bottle opener! Ausfire, Yah I have done the wrap around rose and the plasma cut 5 piece rose.......both take a while.....35-45 min there about. $50-60 is about all I can get they sell here also but people always seem to want the rose.......with....some kind of other element... Thats great and all and usually I can push the price up closer to $100-$120.... but not everyone likes the same element.... but that is really were the profit is because the add element usually is very fast to produce 5-15 min for an added $40-$60 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Comtois Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 What size stock? How much do you figure they'll hold? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kailey Posted March 2, 2017 Author Share Posted March 2, 2017 The l bracket is 2" x 1/4" and the support is 3/4" x 3/8". I would guess they would hold 300-325lbs with no problems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Comtois Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 Nice! I thought maybe with the way the support curved in it might loose some structural strength, but if it's that beefy prolly not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfootnampa Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 2 hours ago, Chris Comtois said: Nice! I thought maybe with the way the support curved in it might loose some structural strength, but if it's that beefy prolly not. The curve certainly does make for a weaker structure than a straight brace... but these are massively built. David's strength estimates seem conservative to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kailey Posted March 6, 2017 Author Share Posted March 6, 2017 On 3/2/2017 at 11:27 AM, bigfootnampa said: The curve certainly does make for a weaker structure than a straight brace... but these are massively built. David's strength estimates seem conservative to me. I definitely am conservative in my holding weight. But I have had people ask for me to build them things to hold....?????lbs and I did that but then they load it up with ?????lbs plus 150% lol...... I am not an engineer so its better to over build and stay conservative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted March 6, 2017 Share Posted March 6, 2017 Got to allow for dynamic loads as well as static loads, besides as Blacksmiths we have a reputation for drastic overbuilding to maintain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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