We turners make many errors, some by what we omit, some by what we
commit. The prayer book has me confess mine and warns "there is no
health in us", but I'm wondering about confessing errors of a different
kind of commission today.

What has been the experience of those of you who take (took) work on
commission? Good deal? Lucrative? Loss of time? Waste of material?
Unhappy customer? Never again? Big part of my work? Good deal? Everyone
is pleased & proud? Somebody will want anything? What?, but more
importantly, why?

I'm not talking about work that you are involved in decisions re time,
material and design or about standard architectural or restoration
turning, but about a 'one off' that you agree to make according to
another's concept. I once made a commissioned Billy Club for a guy... to
my chagrin, it ended up looking like a phallic symbol.


Turn to Safety, Arch
Fortiter



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