Guides for woodworkers who quote for a living
How-To
Should You Charge for Design Time? (Yes — Here's How)
Why free design quietly raises the rate every other job must carry — plus the credited design deposit model, revision caps, and how to present it.
Guide
Pricing Cutting Boards for Profit (Craft Fair Math That Works)
Batch math for small items: per-board materials and labor, craft-fair booth costs, and the test for when a product line isn't worth your shop hours.
How-To
How to Quote Built-In Cabinets Without Losing Your Shirt
Quote built-ins without losing money: site measure, sheet-goods take-off, the finishing hours everyone forgets, install day, and change orders in writing.
Guide
The Overhead Costs Woodworkers Forget to Charge For
The shop costs woodworkers forget to charge for — consumables, tool replacement, insurance, vehicle — and how to turn them into an hourly number.
Guide
How to Price Custom Furniture: A Working Formula for Woodworkers
A working pricing formula for custom furniture: materials with a waste factor, labor at a real shop rate, overhead, and margin — with a worked example.
Guide
What Should Your Woodworking Shop Rate Be? (Not $25/hr)
Work backward from the income you want to the hourly shop rate you must charge — with the overhead, taxes, and non-billable hours most woodworkers forget.