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@BeauNidle
Hi everyone.
I'm 'the mate' in question - although let's be quite clear, my relationship with Hubot extends to him sending me a PM asking about a shelf, and whether if he got some orders for some more then would I give him a discount on his - to which I (apparently foolishly given the history here) said yes. Hmm.
Anyway, to answer the main points brought up in this thread;
1) Bad Karma, Yup. my design is influenced strongly by the very lovely American product, but a) it is by no means identical, b) It's not the only very similar thing out there and c) I believe reproduction furniture is rather a large industry - I don't feel I need to apologise and I am acknowledging the influence.
2) How can I make it for £65 delivered? Because I am not a company. I have a day job (surface engineering) but I am also a carpentry hobbyist. Now I've run through a few prototypes I can make one in about two hours of labour and £15 in materials. Nobody is going to get rich but I figure if I make ten or fifteen of these then I've paid for my one with enough left over for a couple of bottles of decent wine. Plus I get to zen out in my workshop for a few evenings :-)
3) Here's my example;
4) And yes, I will make to your bikes dimensions and, for an additional £5, stain to whatever wood colour you like. I promise you won't be disappointed by the quality, and if you're worried then I will be perfectly happy to sell to you via eBay where I have a large 100% feedback rating and you can have all the Paypal protection you want.
I apologise that I've been linked to a bad rep. I'm not out to 'make a fast buck' at Knife and Saws expense - I'm planning on making no more than 20 and coming out with some unarguably original designs shortly (I also like to work with iron and steel, I've some nice ideas that I might play with this weekend.
Simon