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swsarah
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swsarah
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Please email me blondesarah@hotmail.com
If you know where else i can ask i will be very grateful
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swsarah
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| Can no one help? Do you know anywhere else to ask?
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Hoovie
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:39 pm Post subject: |
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How about approaching a couple of local schools?
They look like they could be quite good school woodworking projects.
You provide the wood and the first one made up, kids could make them, and you pay a bit of money into the school funds?
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swsarah
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 4:45 pm Post subject: |
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| Good idea but i just dont have the time, i just want someone to make them for me and supply the wood.
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Hoovie
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| Posted: Thu Nov 22, 2007 5:35 pm Post subject: |
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Need them for the winter coming in fast, I guess.
I cannot imagine they can be complicated to make.
Looks like 4 pieces of 2ft plank, one more for the hide roof and a 2 x 2 for the base. then the support for the lamp.
You need these supplied flat-pack probably?
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swsarah
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I plan to sell them on, i have converted my garage for my tortoises well my dad has, he doesnt have time to make me some. I have over 35 tortoises.
No made up will be ok.
Yes very simple thanks why im shocked no one can do them for me, i guess no one is from the midlands
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marksson
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swsarah
I don't think that it's neccessarily that no one can do it, it's more likely not worth it for most at £23 a piece.
Whilst it's obviously quite a simple box structure, by the time you take out timber, screws, glue, mdf?, ongoing tools costs i.e. drill bits, a drill, elec screwdriver and some time to actually make them up you would probably be looking at a minimal hourly rate, unless you look at doing say a hundred.
I do know of people that could do this for less but add in the haulage and it would go back over your £23.
Could you not add value yourself?
Why not then finish them in different finishes/colours? would this not make them more financially attractive to your customers? Or how about buy one tortoise get a free box thingy? Just thinking off the hoof.
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Wood Magnet
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Or thinking outside the box. :)
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would the bottom not rot out very quickly with all the wee wee?
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Telmay
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how much wee wee do you get out of the average tortoise 
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Wood Magnet
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A shellfull usually. 
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swsarah
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject: |
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| I know a few people contacted me about helping, if you can still help can you email me at blondesarah@hotmail.com
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