Add $10 for a router bit, but you are exactly right. This could be done by anyone with access to the tools and equipment. And that's ok. Not all ideas/products need to be so complicated that an assembly line needs to produce. Sometimes people just don't want to put in the work to make their own, or can't. I believe there is still a market for this product.
They need to pitch this to large occupational health groups. As the creators said, proper standing desks available to most organizations are incredibly expensive and therefore probably not adopted as much as they should be. If you can provide a cheaper option, you will likely find a very successful niche market.
I have been thinking a lot lately about the future of manufacturing and easily manufactured consumer goods.
Why not sell a jig with instructions on how to build the desk, use a $90 router plus materials and create an instant crowdsourced mini standing desk factory? If I make one, I could easily make 5 more in probably half the time. And given the ease of manufacture, I have an almost zero risk chance to learn a new skill.
Sell the franchise (the jig plus instructions) and then others who just want the desk can pay the maker (at the source) an extra $20.
BTW, this design doesn't look stable enough. Needs either a tension wire or a wall support in the front and back.
I think your idea could work if you had multiple items to sell. One desk jig probably wouldn't create enough of an income for a single maker to make it worth it.
Agreed. The other option is the site could provide a way for a group of people to collaborate and make a bunch of items together at one time, co-op style.
Similar to a ceramic mug painting business.
Customer walks in, chooses a piece of furniture from the display or catalog. They pick the type of wood they want (plywood to expensive mahogany). Get instruction on how to make it, use the common tools/equipment. Add customizations (paint, extensions, graphics).
Walk out with a new piece of furniture they made themselves but didn't require the huge upfront cost of tools etc.
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Add $10 for a router bit, but you are exactly right. This could be done by anyone with access to the tools and equipment. And that's ok. Not all ideas/products need to be so complicated that an assembly line needs to produce. Sometimes people just don't want to put in the work to make their own, or can't. I believe there is still a market for this product. They need to pitch this to large occupational health groups. As the creators said, proper standing desks available to most organizations are incredibly expensive and therefore probably not adopted as much as they should be. If you can provide a cheaper option, you will likely find a very successful niche market.
I have been thinking a lot lately about the future of manufacturing and easily manufactured consumer goods.
Why not sell a jig with instructions on how to build the desk, use a $90 router plus materials and create an instant crowdsourced mini standing desk factory? If I make one, I could easily make 5 more in probably half the time. And given the ease of manufacture, I have an almost zero risk chance to learn a new skill.
Sell the franchise (the jig plus instructions) and then others who just want the desk can pay the maker (at the source) an extra $20.
BTW, this design doesn't look stable enough. Needs either a tension wire or a wall support in the front and back.
I think your idea could work if you had multiple items to sell. One desk jig probably wouldn't create enough of an income for a single maker to make it worth it.
Agreed. The other option is the site could provide a way for a group of people to collaborate and make a bunch of items together at one time, co-op style.
Similar to a ceramic mug painting business. Customer walks in, chooses a piece of furniture from the display or catalog. They pick the type of wood they want (plywood to expensive mahogany). Get instruction on how to make it, use the common tools/equipment. Add customizations (paint, extensions, graphics).
Walk out with a new piece of furniture they made themselves but didn't require the huge upfront cost of tools etc.
How apropos because I make fun of paint your own pottery all the time. Ironic.
You still can when you are sitting on your throne made of plywood.