[TheForge] Crowdsourcing Question

[Ben Barrett]

Well I'm a somewhat-younger guy, got into this ~6 years ago as a hobbyist
and have sold a small amount of stuff;
recently one of my peers funded her ceramics studio through a kickstarter—I
found myself somewhat offended at the merciless selfishness,
but she just had her first child (extenuating? really?), and I think most
of it was funded through her extended family anyway.
So, it can be done, but it's sort of despicable, unless you've got some
particular situation that calls for help.

I agree 100% with the old-timers here, Mike, Peter, Jerry :) do it on the
cheap, you'll learn a lot more that way!!  Legwork and elbow grease, all
the way!

I think a decent kickstarter would be to raise funds to build up a smithy
at a community center, but yeah I'm surprised how much crowdsourcing I see
used for basic *personal* income and expenses.  Maybe "despicable" is
strong language for what might just be a new style of economy that is
evolving...

Props on asking the question!  Fun topic.

cheerio,

Ben



On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 10:37 AM, Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer <
artgawk at thegrid.net> wrote:

> Lloyd:
> Crowdsourcing? Really?
> I'm an old guy and started out as a poor student with almost no disposable
> $, no internet,
> no new tools and a battered old army manual for information.
> Junk and a hammer, is all a smith needs to begin with.
>  Just a very few bucks and swap meets and garage sales can help a lot.
> A stout vertical shaft with one end in the ground makes a fine anvil.
> Buy the stoutest vise you can afford, and upgrade as you are able.
> A 4" angle grinder is a cheap and very versatile tool with an assortment
> of wheels and a face shield.
> With a minimal tool set, you should be able to make most of what you need.
> Just go out there and start making mistakes!
> If you have heart for it and some stuff between your ears, that's all you
> really need.
>
> On Jun 24, 2013, at 6:20 AM, mazrim at comcast.net wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I do not know who to ask this question of so figured I would ask here. I
> am trying to use crowdsourcing to fund my first backyard smithy, and would
> like to know if it would be alright to post a link to it on here? I have
> been taking classes and doing vast amounts of reading, and would like to be
> able to continue learning more often than an open forge in a studio would
> allow me since there are none very close to me. Thank you for your time.
>
>
> Lloyd W. Giddinge
> mazrim at comcast.net
>
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