January 4, 20215 yr Popular Post Good Monday morning! Good Monday morning Patriot Woodworkers! What did you get done over the weekend, and what have you planned for the week ahead! Inquiring minds want to know. Please tell us what's happening in your shops, your life, and any events going on with you. Thank you for being here folks! Welcome new members To view our newest members and welcome them to our digs, please see our Members Page, you can "Sort" by join date and click on their names and be taken to their profile page where you can leave a message of welcome. Thank you for making our newest folks feel welcome. Featured topic Our Featured topic by @John Morris will also have been added to "Our Picks", this is a page for content that has stood out and been chosen for a special place in our community, and for a limited time showing on our Home Page for the world to see. Featured link Our featured links are website links added by staff and members, add your favorite links today at "Links Directory". Please add your favorite links today! If a category is missing, just tell us, we'll install it and away you go! Featured download It's rare that a member shares a download with our community, if you would like to share a plan, a file, or even a drawing schematic, please do so at our Download department. Featured image Luke Barnett started his career in chair making many years ago. After receiving awards, recognition, and many lucky breaks, Luke earned a substantial reputation as a professional chair maker. His chairs became highly sought after from his clients, peers, artists, and woodworkers. Read on...
January 4, 20215 yr Popular Post HELP ME! HELP ME! HELP ME! THE CRAZY IS REACHING A CRESCENDO!!! MAKE IT STOP, PLEASE MAKE IT STOP!!! Thank God the election is tomorrow! I thought it was bad during the general election. That didn't compare to the level of non-stop BS we have been subjected to for the past two months. Haven't even been able to enjoy a You Tube video without first seeing the political commercial... And yes, I know it doesn't miraculously stop tomorrow - but some of it might slow down
January 4, 20215 yr Popular Post ... 15 minutes ago, Cal said: And yes, I know it doesn't miraculously stop tomorrow - but some of it might slow down ...That'll be when the 2022 campaign begins......... @steven newman...It's Monday...Take a nap.
January 4, 20215 yr Popular Post 9 minutes ago, Larry Buskirk said: ...That'll be when the 2022 campaign begins......... Edited January 4, 20215 yr by Cal
January 4, 20215 yr Popular Post Yes I called FBI, the GBI, even local police. Seems they can call and text you all they want. So I started taking the phone numbers that do so and listing on Disney cruise sites as friends that are interested in a cruise.
January 4, 20215 yr Author 7 minutes ago, DAB said: 900 bucks for a week class.... the money is in teaching, not in making. Explain? You leave with a chair, and wonderful knowledge, how to properly execute the build, along with wisdom and experience parted from the instructor. Some folks need that environment. 900 dollars well spent, specially if you take that knowledge and first experience with chair making and venture out to start your own business. Sure beats college tuition!
January 4, 20215 yr very few woodworkers make a living by only building and selling things they make. most, who don't treat woodworking as a hobby, and therefore don't have to worry about earning enough to live on, have to supplement their income by teaching (as this example shows), selling plans (see Norm Abrams), maybe selling unique tools they've invented, or some combination thereof. this is not a new idea, Sam Maloof in his book, noted this. he was one of the very few that made his living from only the things he built and sold. it's just an observation. if you want to go take a class and learn a new skill, go for it. but just understand the realities of the market. it is very unlikely that you will take your new found knowledge and go home and start making new things and selling them to a degree sufficient to support yourself. we've talked about this topic before.
January 4, 20215 yr Popular Post Well @DAB you stated that well and another angle looking at all the woodworkers out there. Now look at the very small number of those who make even 25% of their income from woodworking and you will see a very small number making a moderate success of a passion . Now what is going on in the shop. Cleaned up a few unfinished details over the weekend and just a little finish up on that and on to the coffee bar for SWMBO. I usually make pencil drawing so cannot give you a picture but basically walnut top (one solid piece of wood) and legs. Two drawers in maple and two maple shelves. So the journey begins.
January 4, 20215 yr as for what is planned in the shop this week: have a shooting buddy coming over tomorrow, and we are going to plan out and build him a proper reloading bench. i've done a few previously for myself, and I took some time this weekend to make some space to work and to sketch out the basic design and joinery and material for each part. 4x4s, 2x4s, plywood is the basic list. and screws and bolts and glue too.
January 4, 20215 yr Author 2 hours ago, DAB said: it is very unlikely that you will take your new found knowledge and go home and start making new things and selling them to a degree sufficient to support yourself. Perhaps, but I'll be the first one in line to encourage anyone who wants to pursue their dream, to go for it! I don't think many on our forum here are qualified to lecture an up and coming aspiring woodworker, regarding the pitfalls of starting and operating a full time woodworking business. There are a couple within our midst, but we are hobbyist mainly. If I were an upcoming aspiring woodworker who wanted to make a living, I would probably search out the successful woodworkers of the world and acquire advice and insight from them. By the way, how do you know Dab that Luke Barnett does not make a substantial living by his own work. I wouldn't pretend to know intimately how his income is derived. Just something to think about. 😊 Bowing out, last word if anyone wants it.
January 4, 20215 yr Customer says wheel on right front feels like it is coming off. But no noise or anything. Sure, right. No noise.
January 4, 20215 yr Popular Post Customer must be deaf. I can hear the squeal way out here in the desert.
January 4, 20215 yr well, here's a guy who has some advice and observations: $10,000 in 6 months. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPC18cXTS0Q
January 4, 20215 yr as he notes in the comments, he mostly sells wholesale. that will keep the volume up, but you also give away some upside by letting someone else determine final pricing. normal is retail = 2x wholesale. good for him for finding a way to make a buck, but $10,000 over 6 months will give you a very modest life style. over a year at that rate, that's $20,000. if he's doing this full time, which is what is sounds like, preps stock at the end of the day to keep feeding it all day the next day, he's working about 2,000 hours in a year. or he's grossing $10/hour.
January 5, 20215 yr Popular Post 3 hours ago, DAB said: ... or he's grossing $10/hour. And that does not account for the machine, repair and maintenance, stock, shop, utilities, insurance, transportation, etc. etc.
January 5, 20215 yr Well, SWMBO bulldozed the toilet in the handicap bathroom with her power chair. Then claimed she didn't do it. I could hear the tires spinning 20 feet away and went and took her hand off the control knob. Oh, she got angry alright and I turned off the chair and pulled her out of the bathroom. So, tomorrow, I get to pull the whole thing and replace the wax ring. What a wonderful Monday! The rest of the week, I hope to get back to this chair. Also, tossed the Christmas tree and took the bottom of the trunk to make a steamy locomotive. A thread will be coming later. So happy for those who can make some money woodworking. Actually, you can make more money flipping burgers. Just in case you want a change in scenery. LOL
January 5, 20215 yr Popular Post 1 minute ago, FlGatorwood said: Actually, you can make more money flipping burgers. Having worked with the general public all day, NOPE, I am good....
January 5, 20215 yr Popular Post 17 hours ago, DAB said: I took some time this weekend to make some space to work and to sketch out the basic design and joinery and material for each part. 4x4s, 2x4s, plywood is the basic list. and screws and bolts and glue too. Pleas post a pic of what you come up with, I need to replace mine.
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