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Do any of you actually make any real money from this hobby?
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Gray_Area:

--- Quote from: BadMouth on February 15, 2013, 12:23:43 am ---Offsets as in it counteracts my income. 
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Yah, like that wasn't obvious. I could hear your tone of voice. I immediately laughed.
Ond:
I'd hate to think what money I've actually sunk into this hobby, no regrets though, In terms of creative satisfaction worth every cent.  Maybe in the future just as an experiment I'll build a more traditional cab for the purpose of selling and see what I can get for it.  Funny thing, I showed a work associate my current full size cab project and he got all excited and said "you could get these mass produced in China and make a fortune"   about his comment I thought to myself, "you really don't get it do you" ::) .  Don't get me wrong I'm not against people making money from their hobbies, that would be very satisfying in itself, but it should be a happy by-product rather than the goal.
mcseforsale:
Yeah, I guess it's not being gotten.  The question really is, do you make enough money to pay for the hobby, then perhaps, make a cab purely for profit. 

I made the Gunslinger for a family member.  Now, everyone sees it and says it's worth XX dollars.  Now, I can't compete with other hobbyists, but, if someone was willing to give me money to make a cab based on what they see...and how long it takes me to make, I'd happily build them one.

So, I built a Kneivel slim cab and gave it to my parents-in-law.  Someone saw it and asked me how much to build them one.  So, what's the answer?  I know Kneivel builds for $$ since there's no way in hell, unless he lives in a 50000 sq. ft. mansion that he keeps all these, that he's not selling them. 

While building their machine, I figured I had about $6oo into it.  When building mine....well, let's say project creep...mmmkay?  But still...how would you charge a friend or acquaintance?  What's the price....get a deposit for materials...sign a contract with a specific date?  A bud of mine wants a bar-top.  I figure I can get about $500 into the thing.  What to sell it for then, for all my work?

Now, I do have a competitor....monster arcades is just around the corner and he's basically a CNC shop that sells on ebay.  I'm sure his stuff is nice.  But, I'm not sure he can reach the right audience.

AJ
WindDrake:
When I had more free time, I was doing a stand-in Tech job here and there for a local arcade. Never made enough doing that to cover the first cab, though.  ;D
kahlid74:

--- Quote from: mcseforsale on February 17, 2013, 11:02:29 pm ---Yeah, I guess it's not being gotten.  The question really is, do you make enough money to pay for the hobby, then perhaps, make a cab purely for profit. 

I made the Gunslinger for a family member.  Now, everyone sees it and says it's worth XX dollars.  Now, I can't compete with other hobbyists, but, if someone was willing to give me money to make a cab based on what they see...and how long it takes me to make, I'd happily build them one.

So, I built a Kneivel slim cab and gave it to my parents-in-law.  Someone saw it and asked me how much to build them one.  So, what's the answer?  I know Kneivel builds for $$ since there's no way in hell, unless he lives in a 50000 sq. ft. mansion that he keeps all these, that he's not selling them. 

While building their machine, I figured I had about $6oo into it.  When building mine....well, let's say project creep...mmmkay?  But still...how would you charge a friend or acquaintance?  What's the price....get a deposit for materials...sign a contract with a specific date?  A bud of mine wants a bar-top.  I figure I can get about $500 into the thing.  What to sell it for then, for all my work?

Now, I do have a competitor....monster arcades is just around the corner and he's basically a CNC shop that sells on ebay.  I'm sure his stuff is nice.  But, I'm not sure he can reach the right audience.

AJ

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I think for the most part your question was answered with the above responses, but the part that isn't is what you charge for an hour of your labor.  I don't have a good estimate on that, but I would personally relate it to a different set of proprietors.  I would see what the base $/hour is for cabinet makers (for any wood working) and the base $/hour for a computer tech and then use a combination scale of that.

I also don't sell cabinets because the Roms aspect of it has liability I don't want to be a part of.
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