Hypothetically speaking if you already had an acceptable building within which to house your new woodworking venture (not to mention the hypothetical $50k) and were ready to go whole-hog for new equipment, what would you do? I don't mean which acutal machines/tools you would get, but where you would get them and how would you negotiate for them? I'm wondering if you can get substantial discounts if say you were going to buy BS, TS, RAS, DP, Shaper, Planer, Jointer from one manufacturer. Who would you call? Any info on what types of discount off retail you could expect? Is there a listing of existing shops that may be failing that you could purchase all of their tools from? Aside from Jet/Delta and Powermatic, who would you look to?
Ditto for handheld power tools.
What about other hand tools - ie. bits, blades, clamps, hand tools etc...? If you called Lee Valley and said I need $5,000 worth of stuff would they be willing to offer a better pricing structure?
I'm just sort of brainstorming here.... Any good books on the subject of starting a new commercial shop?
JP
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