Wood-working Profits!

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If you are handy with table saws, wood lathes, and related
equipment and woodworking tools, a lucrative business is the
purchase, repair and resale of old furniture. We don't mean
just davens or arm chairs. We're talking about everything from
baby furniture and children's play equipment, to antique bedroom
sets.

You can pick up just about anything at garage sales, moving
sales, yard sales, flea markets and sometimes find a bargain at
a second hand store.

Quite often you can clean out someone's attic or garage and take
the "junk" as pay for your services. Strip and repaint the
various furniture, tighten it up, change and modernize, do
whatever is necessary to put it in good saleable condition with
the least amount of time and expense.

Advertise that you purchase old and broken down furniture on one
side of the newspaper and on the other side your ad can detail
the large choice of all types of tables, chairs, baby furniture,
children's play things and other furniture and toys you have
available at bargain prices.

You can start out in your basement or garage, but eventually, as
your business grows you may have to rent or buy a workshop and
sales display area, or set up a retail outlet.

After you become more experienced you can specialize only in
those items that have the best market and make the most money
per unit. Then when you grow large enough, distribute your
works to various sales outlets on a distributorship or wholesale
basis!