"Kevin" wrote in message
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She asked if I was going to sell any of the bowls I make. To be
completely
honest I never gave it a thought. So I have a question. When y'all
started
turning was it more of a hobby, something to do as relaxation, or as an
adjunct to other construction activities? I see it more as relaxation and
an
opportunity to create, as a balance to sitting in front of a computer
screen
7:30 - 5:00 five days a week. I take enjoyment in seeing something
actually
taking shape under my direction within a rather short period of time.
Gardening offers the same although the gratification is spread out over
the
summer.
I give my bowls away as gifts and carted a dozen or so over to China this
past Christmas to hand out to wife's siude of the family. When you first
started thinking about selling, were there doubts about the quality of
your
work and if anyone would actually but the things? Comments are
appreciated.



I do my turning as a hobby for a couple of reasons.
The first is I don't need the money and I don't want my fun-time to turn
into work with demands and deadlines I retired to get away from.
The second is, and you should be very careful about this, is that if you are
turning in your residence and selling then you have changed the risk level
for your insurance company and may find your residential policy void. The
increased risk comes from (what the insurer sees) as increased fire hazard
due to storage and use of larger volumes of finishes and possibly personal
injury of a client visiting your location for business purposes. These, of
course, may not be any worse than what you have as a hobby but insurance
companies aren't too interested in individual case evaluations. If this is a
concern to you then you may find the increased premiums will take the
profits out of your venture.


Billh