You need to decide exactly what you want your woodturnign time to be
for you. Look around at the craft shows, art shows, collectible
shows, etc. and figure what your pricing would need to be to make it
worthwhile.

In my city there are about million turners that dream of turning "pro"
doing something with their craft. I think that the reason it is so
much fun for people to turn is that it is a very polite craft that be
learned by just about anyone. So it is a great hobby for fun and
relaxation.

As a side bar, it reminds me of when pottery courses were popular so
many years ago. The fun part began with the creation of an object from
a lump of clay (found wood stump) and molding the material to your
wishes (turning) and decorating the piece to your whim (finishing).
Then you had the feeling that you created a piece of art from nothing.

But woodturning is just so much more manly than pottery. Same idea,
though.

As a full time carpenter/remodeler I do not build cabinets unless for
money, nor do I hang doors, put up crown mold or trim out rooms or
whole houses unless I am paid for it. Measure, cut, fit, place, nail.
Next piece. All in a day's work. I rarely cut or nail a board for
fun.

But I like woodturning. I have been doing as a diversion for about 8
years (don't watch much TV or sports) and love it. I can take small
scraps and glue them up and have instant material; I can go get a chunk
of my neighbor's tree when he has them trimmed, I can find something
when hiking that needs to be "chucked up". Lots of free or cheap
material to experiment with, and each chunk presents it own challenges.

I have indeed sold some of the things I have made, but more as a lark.
I don't want to ruin the most fun hobby I have had in years by having
any type of demands put on it.

If you are just going to sell stuff for fun, look at it as a great way
to pay for new gouges and sharpening stuff! Maybe even a new fishing
reel or a sleeve of golf balls. Then it's fun and worthwhile. If it
gets to be drudgery, then you will have taken something from yourself
that you seem to enjoy a lot.

Otherwise you wouldn't have all those damn bowls laying around! ; )

Robert