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Little Sapling Toys

Listing #1093   Listed on: 08/24/2010


We create High-end developmental toys for infants, toddlers and children. We have 3 employees but only two of us are in the shop full time. This is good because we are working in just under 200sqft of shop space set up in 9'x22'. We have some other storage space but no other production space. My personal training was as a custom cabinet maker, and a degree in Historic Preservation and Restoration Technology from College of the Redwoods. We are planning on getting a new shop space within the next year. We have had to be very creative in our use of space and still be able to keep up with our production demands which has been a challenge. Some prep work takes place outside and then is brought into the shop for final production.
 
Company Name:   Little Sapling Toys
Contact Name:   Nick Christensen
Location:   Boise, ID  83703
Year Founded:   2008
Sq. Footage:   198
Employees:   3
Gross Sales:   160,000
Website:   www.littlesaplingtoys.com

Product Specialties:
    Woodworking - General

Shop Equipment:
    Powermatic - 15" Helical head planer
    Bandsaw - Jet 14" with Kreg rip fence
    Dust Collector - Delta 1.5 HP single stage
    Delta - 12" Disc sander
    Grizzly - Bench top Drill Press
    Other - JBOS-5 Spindle Sander
    Laguna - 6x99" Platinum Edge Sander
    Other - Jet Mini Lathe
    Other - Bosch 3915 10" Miter Saw
    Other - SawStop Contractor Table Saw; With t-glide fence
    Other - 3 Hitachi 2.25hp Routers
    Other - Romaxx HS-1 CNC w/ Bosch colt spindle and onsrud tooling
    Other - Bosch wormdrive circular saw and jig which acts as a jointer .


Viewer Comments:

Posted By: andrew     [08/30/2010]
well done you dont need a massive workshop to work in IT would be nice but i work under the similar conditions minimum space but mnfr. custom made furniture here
Well done
Andre

Posted By: Nick     [08/31/2010]
Thanks Andre. We are going to be moving next year to a new house with a bigger shop. I was looking at one that had a 30x40 shop and I was thinking what am I going to do with all this space, but as we know "all that space" doesn't last very long

Posted By: Jack     [08/31/2010]
Nice stuff, horrible wiring. Run wiring in the new shop in conduit if you have open studs. It's a lot safer.

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