re: Brave or Stupid?

Renners…..welcome to the wacky world of commission furniture making. Sometimes you get some really strange requests, but sometimes you get some really cool ones. This one looks pretty cool, albeit very challenging.

As far as the prototype is concerned, not only is it a good idea it is often a requirement and most definitely should be a part of the bid. The prototype allows you to work out tricky details, develop the construction methods, and serves as the approval process with the client. Depending on the project we may have several points of approval on a prototype that are part of the overall contract. The time and materials dedicated to that process are certainly billable items.

Find out where this picture came from and either visit the site or request more pictures. Too little information is contained in this one picture. I wouldn’t try to speculate any further about construction without clearer details.

We do a lot of commission work off of pictures and simple line drawings. The key is to figure out how they invented that “wheel” and recreate it without re-inventing the wheel.