Hobbies that have potential to bring income

[señor_pescados_felices]

What are some?

I know some of you are managing to make money off of your fishkeeping,enough to cover maintainance and then some, but I think for most of us our fish tanks are a sort of debt that we will never pay off as long as they are running.My tanks definately do not bring in a dime,LOL

Anybody breaking out the ol' metal detector on the weekends and hunting for buried treasure?LOL

no but seriously.........

 

[Oddball]

I took up gem cutting decades ago. I don't do the metal work but, I cut uncommon stones/gems and sell them as specimens and for mounting into findings (rings, brooches, necklaces, etc.) I also do intarsia and scrollsaw woodwork and make rocking animals (never made a classic rocking horse. I make rocking dinosaurs, giraffes, llamas, ostriches, gators, etc.)

 

[señor_pescados_felices]

That sounds awesome,how does one "take up gem cutting"?I may be interested.

 

[rottbo]

you never stop amazing me with all of your odd little talents....

 

[rayman45]

i use to sell reptiles and fish it broght enuf money to pay my mom for eletricity and for my fish and all my tanks...and my pockets

 

[Oddball]

That sounds awesome,how does one "take up gem cutting"?I may be interested.

I'd already been digging dinosaurs for a while before I learned how to cut, grind, and polish gems. Someone asked me for a piece of my red dino bone to cut for a belt buckle. When I saw how it came out, I joined the SD Mineral & Gem Society and took classes. When I started gaining some proficiency at it, I bought my own equipment.

Here's a coupla recent cuts. The first is a raw (as collected in the field) piece of dinosaur eggshell alongside a piece I domed and polished to accentuate the pores the dino embryo respirated with. The 2nd is a piece of dino bone I collected in CO. It's been formed into a cabochon (dome polished stone). No dyes ever in my stonework. The green is a bentonite mineralization. The reds are jasper.

 

[MrRngr94]

I've been trying to make money with my acting like I'm in porn. Hasn't really gotten me anywhere.

 

[rottbo]

I used to raise and sell rare orchids but the money wasnt really there in my area.. . I also have built and sold models and rc vehicles of all sorts... I have a few other small hobbies that bring in some money but most are fish related

 

[rottbo]

by the way that second stone is sweet phil you still sell these???? if so I would be interested in some jewelery for leah....

 

[DeLgAdO]

form a band? perform gigs at places for afew bucks?