It works well for me, anyhow. I don't expect to make anything from it, really- so I can focus on product quality. Maybe someday I'll get to be like one of those really fine furniture makers, and then the investment will pay off.
I sure can- that's what the day job is for! :)
yep.. excellent compromise... I had someone that I'd never met walk by my house and see the turned stuff all over the gar.. shop and ask if they could look around.. she offered me $35 for a plum burl bowl (you may have seen it in ABWP) and I accepted like a shot.. My mindset was something like.. "how cool is that? She gets a bowl that she likes and I got back almost exactly what I spent for the 1/4 cord of plum!"
A friend liked a few of the small goblets I made and offered me $120 for a set of 6... they were about 4" high and out of plum firewood... I turned him down for many reasons, but the main 2 were that it wouldn't be much fun (if I had the skill level or a duplicator) and I like the freedom of deciding what the piece of wood I mount next will "turn" into..
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