Post #80666 by pshikli on Sat, Mar 13, 2004 4:07 PM

We don't expect this to be cheap, but it has to stay within the bounds of reality. We sell a teak chess set with a 3-foot king for $2300 and buy them for about half that. We sell the teak chess set with a 4-foot king for $3300 and also buy them for about half that.

To control costs, look to the pawns. Design quick, clean cuts for those (half the chess set), and get creative with the major pieces, especially the king (2 each set).

Also think in terms of tools and templates. Is your design amenable for that?

Count the cuts in your design. If each piece has hundreds of cuts, your design will be expensive. If you can convey the art of a tiki in a few cuts, your costs go down, and more importantly, your tiki will look strong and weather well.

On 2004-03-10 22:34, tikitony wrote:
sOunds awesome, but also sounds like it would be a fortune to make! At an average of $100 per foot for palm carvers... yOwZa! I've been planning on making a normal size set with the necklaces I carve as pieces, but BIG, I never thought would be usable or marketable... or is it? gOod Luck.
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