On Sat, 28 May 2005 23:46:49 GMT, Ralph wrote:


I do sell my work but I do not take orders for special items and I turn
only what I want to. I did take an order once but I did not like the
deadline commitment nor turning some design that I was not to fond of
doing. I may not make a living this way but I'm happy with what I'm
doing and I get a bit of extra cash for wood, tools and such things.

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..



mac

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