Aufruf an Deutschsprachige (Calling German speakers)
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Tagged: apprenticeship, german, germany, Tischler
As a US citizen I can’t belive what you have to put up with. If I wish to start a busness as a furniture maker there is nothing to stop me. Elec. And plumbing are regulated but there is nothing stoping me from buying parts and doing my self. Just Friday I drove to Hearen hardwoods and bought two 8/4x8x10 oak planks and one white pine 8/4x10x10 cost $214.00. ( 8/4 is 2″.. 10 is 10″ and 10 is ten feet) lumber is sold as per board feet. So its thick with leangth. 4/4 is one inch
The next number is with in inches and the last is lanth in feet.
Frankj
Look at Heares hardwoods on the web its one of the top yards. Sam Maloof would fly in and buy truck loads. A lot of the top shops pull from there.
Frankj
Another quick update: Registrering as a ‘Reisende Geschäft’seems to be a good way to go, after a conversation with someone who sells simple wood carvings, spoons and cutting boards at the ‘Medieval Markets’ as they travel around. As long as they are ‘travelling’ and they don’t go and make a big workshop to churn our ‘normal’ (chipboard) furniture, then the guild isn’t bothered.
Another plus is that if you ae making things of “historical or cultural interest” (like traditional furniture with or without carvings) some places will not only allow you space in a medieval market, but even pay you a small fee as you are ‘non commercial’, and they assume that even if you sell things you can’t afford to make a living from it. Of course these pitches will be hard sought after, and you’d have to prove you were making authentic ‘traditional’ items, you could also apply if you offer ‘workshops’ or demponstrations to people on spec.
In my case I also need to get practicing in order to make stuff of the right quality.and I’d probably need a ‘medieval’ costume…