Mike R. Courteau wrote:

Still clueless, still trying to figure it all out.


Here, here!

I'm trying to turn a buck here ... whether that means I've 'turned pro'
or not depends largely on whether I succeed or not. The jury is still
out. What I did was check out the sorts of prices for pens & such as
seemed common on other web sites. Mine are within a buck or two of what
others who seem to have a similar set of skills are charging.

I'm not a master turner by any measure ... my work ranges from
junior-high to early-apprentice. Six hundred years from now they'll be
worth something. For now, they are priced from about $15 (for a TINY
bowl I probably have a good 10 hours into, playing with the finish) to
$200 for a nicely executed bowl with better than average grain and good
form.

And that's where the prices will stay. Given that this world is FULL of
people with widely varying tastes and financial ability, and also given
that I am in no particular hurry to sell, I will get the asking price
for everything I post.

Eventually.

My idea is to put out a variety of work with a variety of price tags.
"The Market" will tell me what to turn more of. In the meantime, I try
to spend at least 1/2 of each day actually spinning wood.

Word of mouth is keeping me semi-busy spinning pens with all but one of
my customers (so far) repeating at least once. That's nice ... but it's
also ALL 'custom' work. The idea behind the website is to get sales
without the tyranny of a constant deadline.

Bill

--
I am disillusioned enough to know that no man's opinion on any subject
is worth a **** unless backed up with enough genuine information to make
him really know what he's talking about.

H. P. Lovecraft


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