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How do you make the money to support this hobby?
I was a highliner for 40 years to make the money to support my hobby and my work was not easy and at times not a whole lot of fun. But I enjoyed the work and the trust of a crew that you could depend on 24/7, Storms cold weather and the great days of being outside everyday, So what is your story? I also took a lot of pride in my work. Carl
The yellow dot on the picture is a hard hat.
With out this no cell service.
The yellow dot on the picture is a hard hat.
With out this no cell service.
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No way I could get up there! Kudos to you.
Don't tell anyone, but I support my habit by pushing drugs...veterinary pharmaceuticals to be precise. I haven't been able to get a project started for over 2 years now because I am nearing completion of a doctorate in business administration. Keeping my fingers crossed that I will have my dissertation completed by the end of this year so I can get started on a long-overdue build.
One of the things I like about the hobby is that it brings together persons from all walks of life. We all have one thing in common - we love to build craftsman kits, especially Sierra West craftsman kits. I can tell you that my legal training has contributed 0% to my ability to build a kit and do scenery and I would like to believe there has to be a "craftsman" chromosome in all of us. Phil
Jerry
I also do this on the "side" operating from my home shop. I work on most anything, but really want to work on more "high end" vehicles. Aside from the rare Porsches that I get at work, I've worked on Bentleys, Jaguars, Tigers, Aston Martins, etc.
Most recent big build was for an artist that does Hot Rod inspired art (Max Grundy), who wanted a mobile art display gallery for when he goes to out door shows. After collaborating with him I built him a 54 GMC Cabover, with a 3 1/2 good chop, and a completely custom built box, with full sides that open to display and store his artwork and other merchandise.
I've recently taken on the position of Controls Engineering Manager for a lumber company with three mills in Idaho. I'm responsible for the automation in these three mills.
The cool aspect of this is that I have a much better appreciation and source of reference material for the Deer Creek lumber operations and Twin Mills.
I'm looking forward to hearing more of how you all support your hobby interests.
Mark
Money in the hobby ???...Nope... ladies building Doll House stuff earn plenty...
I recently built 2 diorama's for a friend for $2000 ( he supplied the kit's ) ...took forever, cause I'm slowly and fussy... plus i added a lot extra detail....he keeps asking for more builds, but I earn more than that in a week... I did it for pleasure.. not for money.... Can only imagine how much work goes into providing high class kits like SW.
Im a new product devolpment manager for a packaging company. Basically I take the customers ideas and make them a reality using 2 CAD programs and a plotting table. (same concept as a cnc machine, but it uses blades and creasing tools instead of routing bits)
and then i wake up and find that i'm actually a property manager and it's another day of madness.....
My grandfather started the business over fifty years ago. Now my brother and I are what's left of the family portion of the business. We employ a little over fifty people. Although my degree is in mechanical engineering most of my day is now spent with regulatory stuff, documentation, verifying this, validating that, etc.
Oh - wait a sec - can you get me a bourbon/rocks?
Bill S.
I had one of those half day, 10 months a year jobs that everyone covets for 34 years. I worked from 7 AM to 7 PM on good days and took more graduate classes during my Summers to compliment a sales and carpentry business I ran on the side. Yep, I was a classroom teacher, dean of students, assistant principal and principal. Shepard to 800 students a year, their parents and a faculty of 40 teachers. I only had to work my education gig for 34 years since the State of Illinois and my school district let me get out a year early for exemplary behavior in 2000. (In reality the school district hired 2-3 rookies who combined equaled my salary at retirement.)
After that I went to work at Home Depot for 7-1/2 years in their Millwork department. That job was like working in a fraternity house. There were 12 guys in the department that took "the professor" under their wings and guided me along. Plenty of pranks and good-natured joking made the day move along very fast. It also helped that one of my former students was an assistant store manager there and a few parents of former students worked in other departments as well as a few former students who worked as cashiers.
I thought my move from the Chicago suburbs to Oro Valley, (Tucson) Arizona would mean that I wouldn't see former parents or students any longer. Not so! Around Christmas I was in the electrical department at Home Depot being helped by a very knowledgeable fellow. I mentioned that I had worked for HD in the good old days. He asked what HD. I told him and he responded that he went to school in a nearby community. I think you can sense where this is going. He turns out to be a former student and retired electrical engineer working for the insurance coverage offered by HD for full time employees. Small world even some 50+ years later.
Later, Dave S. Tucson, AZ
Geezerbill