How many commin in & how many going out?

I definitely quit my day job WAY too soon (early 80's). It was a scary, difficult struggle... and, looking back, I wouldn't have had it any other way.



I personally think anyone who doesn't understand the above exchange from William Goldman's "Marathon Man" will never have what it takes to successfully make cuemaking a full time career.

TW

I know what you are saying, but what if i dont want it to be a full time career? Im perfectly happy doing this as a hobby, and truthfully, i already spend more time in my shop than i want to, but people keep wanting cues or cue repair, so i feel a little bit obligated to help them out. Im content with what ive done, and have no aspirations to be the next Haley, or TW . I suppose its just to each his own.

Joe
 
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25 years

I've been building for 25 yrs and I'm just getting started.

KJ

So you're the one that Al Gore is talking about. Single handedly causing global warming. lol Wow, didn't know you were in the business that long kj.
what's your website, i'd like to see some of your work?
thanks Bill
 
I started building in the Fall of `88; haven't punched a time-card since.
I learned early on that there's little to no money in building.
The money is in repair & custom repair. In Jan. of `01 I started doing all of Seybert's.
Seyberts has a tremendous website, of which, several pages are devoted to cues that I build.
These pages are currently 'turned-off'.
The amount of custom & repair work is such that I don't have time to build at the moment.
Honestly, I haven't built a cue in over a year now. There's just too much custom work to do.

http://www.seyberts.com/

If you scroll-down about 3/4 of the home-page, you'll see a group of 6 custom Predator shafts.
I built those shafts and that's just some of the custom work that I do everyday.
Any repair or custom work ordered thru Seyberts is done by me.

People have asked me in the past if I have a website and I tell them no. They look puzzled.
They say, "Man, you could get so much more business". I say, "Exactly my point".
"I already work dbl. shifts, 7 days a week. How much more work do you think I can stand"?
I farmed for 26yrs. I had to give that up in 2010 due to Sey's work-load being so overwhelming.
I've since moved from my farm to my lake property where my shop is.
Driving back & forth, twice a day was becoming too much, not to mention costly and inefficient.
I'll turn 65 this month. With the Grace of God, I may have a few more years with Sey.
I'm by no means complaining. I have the greatest job in the world, to me anyway.
I've worked my whole life to be where I am now.
All my experiences and all I've learned have led me to this point. This is what I want to do.
I'll go back to building when time allows. Until then, I've got a job to do.

Hopefully, I haven't painted this with too dark of a crayon. That's not my intent.
I love what I do. It causes me to willingly get out of bed in the morning (without an alarm clock).
I'm comfortable, I'm content and I make good money. What more could you want???

All The Best, KJ
 
That's funny, Lol.
No, that's not me. That's Sid Kreis, the President of Seyberts.
He's the guy that made Seyberts happen. He brought it into existence.
I'm not pretty enough for videos. Lol.

KJ
 
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