New Louvered Cabin Doors for Sale - Maybe.

[77SceptreOB]

Hey Sceptre, Savage, and SeaFari guys...
Check out the completely, brand new louvered cabin door I made. All Teak, Mechanically fastened per original specs. I made special jig(s) to get everything just right. Now that I have all the equipment, jigs, bits, etc. I'm considering making and sell them on a limited, custom ordered basis. I've been woodworking for 30+ years, so quality will be good. Wondering what a fair price would be? What would someone be will to pay to get back to near new / showroom condition??

Check out more info at:

http://louveredproductsunlimited.com/

After pic:



Before picWhen I "bought" the boat from my brother in July 2009)

Previously, The first thing I did, as many of us have tried, was ATTEMPT to "restore" my original cabin door. I had to fix the broken pieces.



Then I sanded and tried to make it presentable. Not too pretty though.



After I did my best, (Not being able to sand the louvers due to the small spaces)this was the best it was going to look. Unfortunately, this is NOT ACCEPTABLE, so I decided to make a complete new one from scratch using the original as a dimentional guide and hardware source (See top picture)



The Beginning of the NEW cabin door



Near the end of production.



Finished Product, ready for installation

[Dilligaf]

i need one. tell me how much??? how much you spend on materials?

[htillman]

I have a friend that would like one also. I recommend pricing the materials to make a dozen along with labor and offering them for sale and taking orders. Once you have committments for at least six, manufacture. I have seen alot of members looking for these items over the years.

[McGillicuddy]

Looks Great! Nice before and after transformation.

I think I'll start looking for a project Tsunami/Sceptre now

[77SceptreOB]

Sounds like a good idea. There is a lot of wood in these things. Fair amount of scrap too.

[strick]

I went to a lumbar yard the other day and they quoted me $39.00 a board foot for teak so I bought some mahogany instead.

strick

[77SceptreOB]

I went to a lumbar yard the other day and they quoted me $39.00 a board foot for teak so I bought some mahogany instead.

that's CRAZY!! I got a "deal" on mine then.

[McGillicuddy]

Down here, $39/bf is insane. On the other hand $10.25/bf is an exceptional in fact unheard of price, especially if at least S3S. $15/BF is about as inexpensive as it gets, and some yards will ask upward of $27/BF.

I'm a big fan of mahoganies for a number of reasons, including: price, finish ability, glue-ups, anti-decay properties, weight-to-strength ratio, and much less wear and tear on your tooling.

Of course at 10 bucks a board foot you can't beat bulletproof teak... Great score on the teak and a great job!

[Islandtrader]

Wondering what a fair price would be?

I have done a fair amount of WW projects for spare cash. Since I am retired I look at my time factor different.

When pricing out a job I take the cost of materials and then add how much I want to make on the project. Now this is not a way to run a "real" business but for specialty stuff I think this is the only way to go.

After making 10 or 12 doors you might get real bored and say I really don't want to do this any more, and raise the price....

By the way excellent job.

[NoBones]

Fair amount of scrap too.

There IS no scrap Teak!!!

A good friend of mine in the specialty wood
business corrected me 30 years ago about that.
He was right....

Nice work, See ya, Ken