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[–]T0000009 0ポイント1ポイント  (0子コメント)

Having worked on projects large and small, with the whole range of millwork from laminate to steel it takes a lot of time to really develop skill. It also takes years to build up all the tools you need, there are hundreds of different saws and bits you require to really create a quality piece.

START SMALL and hone your craft, take any job you can get on a construction crew, it will give you the chance to get your basic hand tools and learn how to use them. Then move up from there, drills, saw, blades, bits, and all the rest. You will learn what tools work and what is junk pretty fast, and the guys on the crew will teach you a lot of technique and provide more training.

Watch & Learn there are plenty of DIY vids out there, start watching, learn the nomenclature and lingo, build a shoe box, a shelf, anything that is small, and the wood can be found all over. Pick up some scap lumber, just find a framing crew and ask for a few 2x4 chunks and play with those.

Then keep going, and eventually you will get there

[–]Playstation_5 [スコア非表示]  (0子コメント)

I had this exact business, combined with making custom art, for a decade. The start up costs for me were low as I already had sufficient equipment as it was my hobby since childhood.

My initial route into self employment was to cut my regular job to three days a week, economise, and rent a very cheap studio space. While I enjoyed the work considerably and made it my full-time employment just a year after starting, I did find that people are so cheap nowadays that if I quoted even just 600 for something that was going to take me 30 hours to do, 90% of the customers would turn it down. People literally expect skilled workers to do shit for free and cannot understand why wood is expensive.

You'll find a route through it though with determination, probably by coming up with something unique and using online routes to retail.

In terms of motivation, the greatest personal asset from becoming self employed was that the economising part really changed my life. Instead of going out to eat every other day, I've now done years of cooking at home. Few restaurants can touch my signature dishes. I don't have wardrobes full of clothes, just a small selection of items which need washing every week and look fine on me.

Instead of expensive hobbies, I surf and cycle and never spend more than 100 a year replacing or upgrading equipment. My only real 'splurge' is Netflix, and when I'm out of stuff to watch on that during the winter evenings, I youtube.

My main motivation comes from knowing I'm happier than ever before. I've had so many amazing days this past summer out surfing with my kids and then home to some great home cooked food. If someone dropped 10k in my lap I'd struggle to know what to spend it on.

I'd say keep one luxury though - I do like keeping a great car as we have great driving routes where I live, the occasional blast over 100mph really gets me going.

My father worked hard his whole life, saved up a massive amount, and died two years after retiring. Life is to be lived right now, man!