01/04/2026
How I started school furniture producing company without owning a single machine.
Production itself is a very lucrative business because it involves the combinations of men, machines, materials and mental faculty to birth a physical product. Depending on how valuable the product is,, the market demand, numbers of competitors in that niche and the expertise the product requires, the profit margin ranges from 20% and as high as 40% of the production cost.
Now school furniture production processes is divided into four stages
1) The welding stage
2) The Woodwork processing stage
3) The Spraying stage &
4) The Coupling stage.
Each of this stages required different machines to complete jobs in that stage. For the welding stage, you will need welding machine, cutting machines, grinding machines because you will be dealing with metals basically pipes either square or round pipe and in different sizes.
For the woodwork stage. You need a table machine for a start and later a very sophisticated machine call "panel saw". You can start by simply boting a cross cutting machine in a 4ft x 4ft board, turn it upside down to form a table machine.
As for the Spraying stage, you will need a Spraying machine, the types use by vulcanizes and you are good to go.
Now the coupling stage requires drilling machine, screw drivers and spanner to tighten the bot and nuts when putting the wood to metal.
Now, it will interest you to know that I started producing school furniture, delivering jobs that run into tens of millions of naira without owning any of the aforementioned machines. How now?.. Yes i used other people machines and gradually I started buying mine from the profit we made from the completed job. Just look around you, you see some road side workshop were welders are working and if look critically, there also a spray painter close by, better still just try and locate a panel be**er workshop where they repair car and you most likely to find a Weilder very near them.. these people can help you do you job if you give them the dimensions and the design.
The most easiest place to go to any market where the sell pipes, like in lagos, we have a place called Araromi bus stop. This is the headquarters of iron market in the Nigeria. You will get welders and spray painters easily.
For the woodwork, just go to any places that they are selling boards in bulk and can get either a table machine or a panel saw there, they will help you cut your boards into sizes and you pay them.
To startmarking profit from school furniture production, you need the KNOWLEDGE first. Even if you have the capital, keep it aside in a safe place and get the knowledge first or else . It is not a business you can jump into without the right knowledge.
I started with a carpenter who taught me the very basis while I market and got job for him. And because am very sharp and technically inclined, I could easily grab the whole concept. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me in the comments section. Do well to share also.
My name is Mr Peter
MD/CEO De Great Concept Furniture company Ltd