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Hi David Moreland <[log in to unmask]> I think your idea is an excellent one, BUT: Crafts tend to have a very slow sales cycle. If you want to make a living from it, you will need some "bread & butter lines". What will your USP be? (That's Unique Sales Proposition, without which you will be 'just another store'.) I have a PWP friend who is a bit of a woodworker, and carves amazingly well. How he does it, I just don't understand, 'cos he has very bad dyskinesia and dystonia. Just to see him handle a chisel is to break into cold sweats! So what I'm leading to is - can you combine your woodwork sales with what it means to be PWP? If so, you may have something. Good luck! >I dont know if this is appropriate to put on Parkinsn or not. I consider >fellow Parkies as wise and helpful so perhaps some will offer advice or >helpful suggestions. >Besides being a Parkie of 10 years, i am a rather serious woodworker. I >have been trying to think of a way to bring woodworking to a level that I >could retire from the Oregon Department of Revenue and concentrate on >woodoworking. What I am considering is a consignment store for woodworkers. >I think it would go in Salem. Salem has a population of about 100,000. It >has a Woodcrafters store which is a store whick sells hardwoods and >supplies for woodworkers. The store has done a good business in salem for >close to 20 years. That gives evidence that ther are a goodly number of >woodworkers in Salem. So why not provide a place for woodorkers to market >their craft and it would allow this Parkie to do the things that make me >happy. Does this sound like a good idea or just a crazy dream? I would >appreciate some feedback. -- Jeremy Browne - [log in to unmask] Hampshire, UK