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This week's Utah Crowd-Funding project lets you put the pieces together.
Sandy entrepreneur Victor J. Schmith is behindWizardz Wooden Puzzle Furniture, which promises to be mobile, easily put together (without pins or pegs), and sturdy.
Schmith has developed a rocking chair, in child and adult sizes, as well as matching benches and a picnic table.
"This is wooden heirloom-style furniture, not the throw away stuff," Schmith writes on his Kickstarter page, along with photos of furniture that he's built that has lasted 20 years and longer.
Schmith is trying to raise $15,000, via Kickstarter, to launch his business and get it off the ground. So far, he's raised $83 dollars. His deadline is May 31.
Donors do get perks, ranging from a fold-flat vase (for $5) to a large picnic table (for $600).
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