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This brings up an interesting question about money made from carving and<br>carving related activities.<br><br>1) How many of us try to generate a steady flow of income from your carving<br>and carving related activities? This would include everything from a few<br>
dollars up. Yes or no is ok but expand your answer if you like.<br><br><b>I've just started and over the past 18 months or so have generated about $300 from carving. I'm rather proud of that for a rank beginner. LOL<br>
I pretty much have to get the carving buyers to come to me or sell via friend recommendations. I'm thinking of maybe putting some things on ETSY when I get something non-commissioned done.</b><br><br>2) Next question, related to our struggling economy, do you put that money<br>
generated from carving back into caving related purchases or use it to live<br>on?<br><b>Any money generated from carving has to go back into my bank account to replace the approx. $2000 I spent setting up with tools and space! Obviously we already had a lot of tools I can use from our other activities or it would have been a lot more. <br>
And my tools do not include many I've heard you guys talk about since they are tools that would be really difficult for me to use. <br>I have basic knives and basic gouges, files and rasps (I use these a lot) and some great power carving tools. Since I bought most in miniature sizes I guess I should start carving miniatures instead of walking sticks. LOL<br>
Casey<br></b></span></span></blockquote>