Skordog
Member
I've been around, just haven't posted in quite a while. But I had to share this with you. My son, 16, has been making pens right alongside of me since we got the lathe at Christmas time. While I have given away about 45 pens he has sold about 20 of them for around $20-$25 apiece in addition to giving away some here and there.
Well about 4 days ago the father of one of his friends contacts him and asks if he could make 15 pens for him. He was going to give them away as part of a business engagement, (he's a salesman), and he said the company is paying for it so charge a fair price.
So we ordered some extra kits and had them sent out 2-day mail, and my son busted his but to get 15 nice looking pens done in a few days. Combination of maple burl, rosewood, walnut, and a couple of other woods. He charged $40 apiece for a cool take of $600. Not too shabby for a kid his age.
And he stands to get an even bigger order from my sister-in-law who sells Arbonne, (kind of like Avon), because every year she buys gifts for all the people that work under her in that pyramid scheme.
Well about 4 days ago the father of one of his friends contacts him and asks if he could make 15 pens for him. He was going to give them away as part of a business engagement, (he's a salesman), and he said the company is paying for it so charge a fair price.
So we ordered some extra kits and had them sent out 2-day mail, and my son busted his but to get 15 nice looking pens done in a few days. Combination of maple burl, rosewood, walnut, and a couple of other woods. He charged $40 apiece for a cool take of $600. Not too shabby for a kid his age.
And he stands to get an even bigger order from my sister-in-law who sells Arbonne, (kind of like Avon), because every year she buys gifts for all the people that work under her in that pyramid scheme.