Business At A Glance
- Startup Costs: $2,000 – $10,000
- Home Based: Can be operated from home.
- Part Time: Can be operated part-time.
- Online Operation? No
Business Overview
Fruit bowls, candlesticks, stair spindles orbaseball bats’there are literally hundreds of different products whichcan be manufactured simply by purchasing a wood-turning lathe andmastering the art of wood turning.
While the finished products can besold directly to consumers, a better choice in terms of merchandisingthe wood-turning products is to arrange accounts with retailers, suchas gift shops, to stock and sell the products. Some quick math willtell you that just a dozen or so accounts with retailers like this cangenerate a very comfortable living manufacturing and wholesaling woodenbowls.