The last three weeks of my life...
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eldee
Member
Only three weeks......Wow! Best of luck at the show.
ZanderPommo
Member
you poor SOB!
hope it turns out to have been worth the effort at your show, thats certainly enough for a show
hope it turns out to have been worth the effort at your show, thats certainly enough for a show
tim self
Member
No kidding, (not what I was thinking for sure). That's over 12 pens a day not counting the rest of the turning. Good luck
Rangertrek
Member
WOW! I did ten pens one day and was wore out. Can't imagine all those. Best of luck to you at the show. Hope you sell ALL of them!
76winger
Member
WOW! and I've spent 3 weeks of vacation (out of the last two months) just to churn out around 50 pens... I can't imagine how one person could make so many in such a short time. You must have been killing it AND burning the candle at both ends!
JimB
Member
You must not have slept at all in those 3 weeks!!!
alphageek
Former Moderator
Holy cow man! You just proved to me that even though I do some shows, I am still a hobbiest!! I don't think I've made that many in the last 2 years!
Jerryconn
Member
I'm with the rest, I am lucky to do 10 a week! When I am trying hard! Good luck!
maxman400
Member
Looks like time well spent! Good Luck.
jbthbt
Member
I was turning anywhere from 10-14 hrs a day. I enlisted all the help I could get from my family (wife and sons, we homeschool). They helped with drilling blanks, sorting parts, labeling pens, etc. Not all of them are up to the quality I would have liked (3-4 coats of CA for the slimlines, 12-15 for the higher end stuff) but I have been so busy over the summer and I needed to refill inventory for this show. We're 1 day in and we've only had 1 sale. In all honesty, if this show goes poorly, I will pretty much have to leave the pens behind and get back to all the other streams of income that are actually producing lately. I did over $40,000 gross in the first 3 years of pen turning, and have done less than $3,000 in the last 12 months.
SteveWatson
Member
Dude! My personal best is only 4 pens in one day and i thought I was rockin'!