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Unread 02-26-2023, 04:34 PM   #1
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" but once patterns and assembly technique are nailed down, it would be easy to make more. "

It's always "easy" when someone else is doing it.
Folks come into my shop and one of the first things they say is "this'll be easy". I reply,"then why didn't you already do it?"

Buy the tools, develop your skills, hang a shingle. "It's easy".
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" but once patterns and assembly technique are nailed down, it would be easy to make more. "

It's always "easy" when someone else is doing it.
Folks come into my shop and one of the first things they say is "this'll be easy". I reply,"then why didn't you already do it?"

Buy the tools, develop your skills, hang a shingle. "It's easy".
True, the real time involved will be the hand carving not the pattern itself.

I doubt she'll make more than one, she has a busy saddle making business and she is a cancer survivor with that energy level....but I'll ask. I am in line.
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" but once patterns and assembly technique are nailed down, it would be easy to make more. "

It's always "easy" when someone else is doing it.
Folks come into my shop and one of the first things they say is "this'll be easy". I reply,"then why didn't you already do it?"

Buy the tools, develop your skills, hang a shingle. "It's easy".
I should have said relatively easier. I totally agree with what you said; the same is absolutely true for metal/fabricating work. Nonetheless, there should be a significant price difference between a one-off of anything versus the price of a unit among even a limited series.
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