Sports Platters

Hello everyone!!  My name is TJ Christiansen.  I am 31 years old(07/15/81) and have been an avid woodworker for most of my life.  I have spent the past five years teaching High School Woodworking and Welding.  I am at a point in my life where I want to use my creativity in a direction that can become more than just a hobby.  These football themed serving trays are just the beginning of me starting my own custom woodworking business. I would like to mass produce these and sell them both locally and online.  After football season is over I would like to continue designing and creating other themed trays such as basketball and baseball in addition to other themes besides sports. 

Using a ShopBot, which is a computer controlled router, I will be able to cut out all of my designs.  A ShopBot will re-cut each serving tray over and over again exactly the same as the last cut.  Each serving tray cuts out in less than 3 minutes on the ShopBot. If I were using traditional woodworking techniques there would be at least one hour’s worth of work per serving tray.

With the prize money I would purchase a ShopBot CNC router for equipment, wood for the materials and the remaining money would go into creating a professional website and putting together a business plan with the help of a marketing team.

Hope you all enjoy eating in style on game day!