Own business ideas​ in India : Carpenter work / house holds​ wood works

Carpenter works / house hold wood works / wood furnitures / wood jewelries / plywood  making business

     Woodworking business can be initiated as small scale and home based basis. The field is hugely diversified and only you need to select the right product. Indian Woodwork Industry uses various kinds of woods, for example, Walnut, Sandalwood, Teak, Sheehan's, Deodar, Ebony, Redwood, Rosewood, Red, Cedar, Sal, and much more. Recently, embedding of brass wires has gained a lot of attention worldwide.

Woodworking Business Compliance 

     In starting a woodworking business you will need to register your firm first. For a small scale setup, you can register as One Person Company. Apart from this, you will need to obtain Trade License and Vat Registration. For a medium scale or large scale woodworking unit, you must apply for NOC from Pollution Control Board.

Machine and tools

Selecting and obtaining the right tool and machinery is the next step. You also need to procure raw material such as wood and other consumable accessories. For a small scale woodworking setup, small tools are enough to serve the manufacturing purpose. But for a full-scale commercial factory setup or for an import oriented unit setup, procuring and installing technically upgraded machinery is important.

Carpenter works

      Wooden interior is decorating interior part of a room with wood and wood supplementary products. Basically, wooden flooring, wall, ceiling and other interior separation made of wood are very popular. In this segment, your woodworking unit can support both domestic and corporate customers.

Wooden furniture making

      Wooden furniture making one of the earliest age industry in India and still is considerably profitable. Ethnic and modern, both two types of furniture are in demand. Bed, sofa set, cupboard, almirah, dressing unit, sitting arrangements, reading table, round table are some of the popular wooden furniture items.

Wooden jewelry making

Nowadays, wooden contemporary jewellery is one of the most popular fashion accessories. Wooden jewellery making by using technically upgraded machinery is one of the good revenue generating venture considering the low startup capital required. Selecting right wood, crafting design and shaping, finishing and fittings are the major steps involve in wooden jewellery making business.

Setting up a small woodworking business need to require a big investment. According to the desired product, selecting the right machinery and equipment are the major factor in the woodworking business.

More products

You can initiate a small scale unit of wooden utility product making. Some of the most popular wooden utility products are the spoon, cutting board, mug, tray, bowls, chopsticks, cabinet 

Plywood making business

Plywood is a popular interior material for housing, ships, vehicles, and furniture. It is an economical, factory-produced sheet of wood with precise dimensions that does not warp or crack with changes in atmospheric moisture. Ply is an engineered wood product made from three or more ‘plies’ or thin sheets of wood. These are glued together to form a thicker, flat sheet. Plywood has the structural strength of the wood it is made from. This is in addition to the properties obtained from its laminated design. Broadly, there are three types of plywood according to the usage. These are structural plywood, external plywood, internal plywood and marine plywood. Plywood manufacturing is a profitable venture for new entrepreneurs.

Plywood manufacturing process

You will need to have a total of 1,800 Sq. m area of land out of which 1,000 Sq. m is the built-up area which includes processing area, raw material stock area, offices etc. The major required utilities of this manufacturing operation are electricity, furnace oil, and water..

1. Peeler
2. Veneer clipper
3. Gluing machine
4. Veneer drying machine
5. Conveyor (roller)
6. Veneer splinter
7. Veneer splicer
8. Pressing machine
9. Drying press
10. Plywood edge making machine
11. Sanding machine (scraper belt, drum)
12. Boiler with its accessories
13. Polishing

Process of making

1. Preparation of logs
This section consists of two major log treatment operations. In the first one, cut the logs by chain saw to the desired length and fed to the lathe to make veneer sheets. In the second part, cook the high-density logs in cooking vats or steam chambers to facilitate the cutting operation.

2. Veneer manufacturing from logs

Under this process, you will need to conduct several physical actions. The list includes cutting, clipping, drying, joining, etc. You must conduct these from the first section in order to prepare good quality veneer suitable for plywood making.

3. Plywood manufacturing from veneer.

The initial operation is the preparation of glue for the process. The proceeding step is the spreading of glue on the core veneer sheets and the final is the pre-pressing of the stacked sheets by the cold press.
After pre-pressing, feed the obtained plywood to the hot-press machine. Here, it is subjected to a pressure at a specified temperature. Then, cut the plywood to a predetermined size by cutting machine. The final step of plywood manufacturing is moisture free storage and transport.

The major required raw materials are Wood logs, Urea resin, Ammonium Chloride and Glue. In plywood manufacturing operation, you can purchase these materials either from a local wholesale market or from manufacturer