Quote from: Hellot on January 31, 2015, 02:29:05 AM

Quote from: Essimo Naria on January 31, 2015, 02:17:17 AM

Quote from: Hellot on January 31, 2015, 02:00:47 AM

I'm not trying to insult you, but why are those worth $100+, I just don't see it.

They took between 10 & 12 hours to make each one. so its roughly $10 to $12 an hour for my time. barley over minimum wage in washington state. Time to laminate the boards together to make a piece big enough to make a bullet out of, time to make them round on a lathe, more time sanding, time spent cutting the flat parts to paint on on a band saw, Time spent putting clear coat on each of them, then time spent on the laser and painting them.

I'm not insulted, it was a perfectly valid question.

Why not use 4x4s and cut out the gluing time and have a more contiguous look?

finding a 4x4 piece of curly maple or birds eye maple is a near impossible thing. i am not saying it does not exists but normally when you buy them they are 2x4's or 1x4's cut from the mill