Time frame

Enjoy the journey. The destination will always be there.

-- Lew- Time traveler. Purveyor of the world's finest custom rolling pins!

Thats heavy lew, I will try hard to remember that one (and try and live by it). kolwdwrkr, a project of heart can always be there for you to enjoy if only thinking of it, never let the demons turn it to kindling…

-- Never board, always knotty, lots of growth rings

I doubt I’ve put more than 20 hours into a single project. I occasionally start off with grandiose designs, but end up simplifying because of my desire to see light at the end of the tunnel.

Shortest projects, I guess, would be a couple of those pencil holders you can whip out in less rhan an hour.

-- Charlie M. "Woodworking - patience = firewood"

Kolwdwrkr,
You certainly have a valid point regarding the amount of time to spend on a project. Thank you for asking for feedback. Within a different hobby (one that also required much money and time) many years ago I spent 2 years on one goal. The project totally failed within the first 6 months due to the finish. I salvaged what I could and began again, only this time I built 2. Total time was just over 24 months, time included 1-4hrs 4-6 days per week and unknown amounts of $$. Keep in mind the 24 months included time spent honing other skills to be used to complete the initial project.
I would say it sounds like you would like to give it up. You will have to make that call. I believe that some things are not worth the outlay of time and materials. However to this day I am happy I completed the project. It was only 2 years.

-- tsmith - Garland, TX.

I am in now way going to quit the current project. I guess I am mearly talking out loud, sometimes feeling that after a few hours of work I’ve accomplished little, and that can be frustrating if not discouraging. I think the major reason for this thread is to see what kind of time people have spent on projects. I agree there are projects that only take an hour or two, but what’s the longest time on a single project? I’ve seen projects in Fine Woodworking for instance that claims way more then I feel it would have taken me, and yet here I am on this project and I can almost guarentee someone could knock it out in a lot less time. Of course I am taking on challenges like doing the marquetry by hand and chisel, instead of a router, and doing things like that that a machine could speed up. But that’s what makes this a great hobby. You can become part of the process, or you could do it for the big “Great Job” at the end.

-- ~ Inspiring those who inspire me ~

All of us are on different levels…... What takes me days, you could probably do in a few hours. It’s the end that counts. Especially if someone does notice and actually say “very nice”...... I love to hear that. Don’t you?
-JJ

I have a big project. Detailed, it is also something never done. And I cannot spend too much time on it. I have other projects. I start others, small ones, and such just to keep doing something. Sometimes you also need to step away for a while.

I have little projects all over. And work on one when in the frame of mind I need for that project.

It is what is will become, not what you see everyday. Progress means you are closer. Even a master has to practice. Micheangelo did not paint a chapel in one day. But just look at the results.

-- Measure once cut twice....oh wait....ooops.

I have approx 300 hrs cutting, gouging and chipping away at the tree house carving. That was very challenging for a novice like myself. I make many small projects that look nice but do not make it to LJ’s site.
Between 2 and 3 hrs to complete.

-- Can't never could do anything, to try is to advance.