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SAE: |
Building Picnic Tables for Sale to Schools and Local Community |
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Description: |
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Picnic tables are something that everyone can use and enjoy with their family and friends. Building picnic tables is an excellent project for students to enhance their woodworking skills, learned in the agricultural mechanics classes. Students would construct picnic tables after school in the agricultural mechanics lab or in a home shop. The potential to sell these picnic tables is excellent. This will enable the student to develop his/her personal relation skills. By selling the picnic table, this will aid the student finical and develop their record keeping skills. |
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Factors To Consider |
Ranking: 1 = lowest 10 = highest |
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Time required |
5 |
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Investment |
5 |
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Equipment needed |
3 |
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Skills required |
5 |
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Facilities required |
3 |
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Land required |
1 |
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Labor Intensity |
3 |
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Potential for income |
5 |
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Transportation required |
2 |
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Expansion possibilities |
5 |
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Expertise needed |
3 |
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Advertising needed |
2 |
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Susceptible to disease |
N/A |
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Susceptible to insects |
N/A |
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Suitable for residential areas |
5 |
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Other (specify) |
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Length of production cycle |
Year Round |
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Regional |
State Wide |
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When to start project |
Anytime |
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Notes: |
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Skills that the student must develop: 1. Making plans 2. Figuring bill of materials 3. Purchasing materials 4. Laying out picnic table 5. Measuring and marking boards 6. Cutting boards 7. Assembling picnic table (nailing, boring holes, attaching bolts, etc.) 8. Preserving lumber used in picnic table9. Marketing picnic table 10. Record keeping |
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