[TheForge] blacksmithing / metalwork formal training and higher education

[CGRAF]

Blacksmithing, for me, is mental health time so taking a long time to 
learn is just fine.
  In my day job I can recognize the competition between the profitable, 
but boring and the interesting learning curve jobs that are neutral or 
lose money.
  My personal compromise is to actively seek the latter ones but limit 
myself to just one or two a year. That way I keep myself interested and 
solvent.

Mike Graf

On 10/26/2013 9:23 AM, Bob Ehrenberger wrote:
> My tendency is to only take jobs that I know I can do and avoid the ones
> that have a big learning curve, knowing that I will loose money on them
> initially because they will take a lot longer than they should as I learn a
> new technique.  In the long run they probably make money because they give
> me a skill that I can apply to future projects.
>