Custom Pens by Dave

Wood Working hobies that can turn into a small business opportunity.

     Hello again, I would like to share some woodworking ideas with you that can not only become a great Hobie for you, but can turn into a successful second income for you as well.

     You have the wood lathe, my personal favorite. Well, lets just say that I could not even begin to tell you all the successful hobby/business opportunities that can come out of a lathe. I have a friend that makes doll house miniatures, kroshay hooks and duck calls on his lathe and makes a huge second income just by selling them on E-bay.  I make custom made pens on my wood lathe for Hobie and business and do pretty good myself, especially around holly days. I also make custom knife handles for fixed blade knives.

     You can make just about anything you can dream up on a wood lathe and if you master what ever it is your making, you can make some real money with that, so don't ever dismiss the chance to make money on the side, even if it is just a Hobie, because even as just a Hobie, you still need to replenish your product and supplies right?

     Ok, now how about you larger scale wood workers out there? If you can refinish wood cabinets or furniture, you got it made, because you would not believe how many people out there are in need of having their cabinets and or furniture refinished but cant afford what the big name companies charge for the job, so this is where you can really make the difference. You can do the job for half the price that most big names would charge because your doing it at your own pace and not paying for a crew of people to come in there to knock it out. The materials alone would be so much cheaper being purchased at any wood/lumber dealer. Even if it takes a bit longer to get the job done, I don't think people would mind as long as they know they are saving a boat load of money because of it. Plus it will all be custom work and better quality because the extra time was put into it to make it right.  

     Ok, that all for now. I just thought I would give you a little something to think about.

                                                                       Thanks for reading.   The Pen Man - David Terry