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I heard Radian has a wonderful turn over rate. They are located in Redmond. They are always hiring.
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Wernher von Braun once told a story of apprenticing in a machine shop where he was given a blob of metal the size of a baby's head and told to get it down to a perfect cube using only a hand file, and by the time he was through his hunk of metal was down to about the size of a walnut.Came back to say this. You should also learn to run a file, and that's cheep. I good way to start is get a good file, a file card, a saw and a chunk of something to file, you can even use a piece of hardwood. Take the wood and saw cut a chunk slightly over 1" square. Now take your file and turn it into a perfect 1" square. Like with 90* angles and each side 1"x1". Pro tip: get A LOT of wood to practice on
This is outstanding advice, will really come in handy fitting a 1911 barrel. Same with running a hand saw. You can hack some steel off, or you can cut it off where it needs minimal touch-up. Very few people can do the latter.Came back to say this. You should also learn to run a file, and that's cheep. I good way to start is get a good file, a file card, a saw and a chunk of something to file, you can even use a piece of hardwood. Take the wood and saw cut a chunk slightly over 1" square. Now take your file and turn it into a perfect 1" square. Like with 90* angles and each side 1"x1". Pro tip: get A LOT of wood to practice on
My wife makes a decent salary working remote, I am currently unemployed after moving away from my bartending job. Thant being said salary isn't as big of a issue as pursuing my love and life long desire to have a career in the firearms community.Most small business fail within the first few years. Starting a new career and learning a new trade will take some time. I highly recommend not quitting the day job until you are closer to becoming self sufficient if you are the primary breadwinner.
Start small on some projects, and learn the trade first. If your end goal is to be your own boss, I'd forgo the employee at an FFL route. I'm by no means knocking salaries, but I'd be surprised if bartending didn't pay more than an employee job with an FFL.
Starting an LLC is easy, but if you are going all in first, you'll need insurance and capital to get you going for a minimum of two years before you could expect to turn a profit.
Also, if you make a job out of your passion, your passion soon turns into a job; food for thought.
I'm with you on this. I have often wished to do the exact thing you are preparing to do. Like others have suggested getting some business acumen together would be a good place to start. You could also seek professional gunsmithing training either via online course, in person or perhaps working for a local gunsmith who would train in lieu for helping around the shop. You might even be able in this manner be able to move on to take over a retiring gunsmiths business. I would visit the local gunsmiths where you live and do a little networking to see how they got started so you don't have to reinvent the wheel. A good gunsmith like we have up here near PDX in @Velzey is worth his weight in gold and will never run out of business. Good luck!My wife makes a decent salary working remote, I am currently unemployed after moving away from my bartending job. Thant being said salary isn't as big of a issue as pursuing my love and life long desire to have a career in the firearms community.
I would stay away from the hobby FFL and focus more on the smithing side.My wife makes a decent salary working remote, I am currently unemployed after moving away from my bartending job. Thant being said salary isn't as big of a issue as pursuing my love and life long desire to have a career in the firearms community.
Couple thoughts here. On the 'build your own creations' are you talking about assembling existing product into a quality product or do you have an idea for a new creation that doesn't exist yet? If it's the 'new thing' one route you could take is find a gunsmith or machinist that has the ability to produce your idea and discuss the possibility of a partnership. Yeah, you might make more if you did it all yourself, but it could be a good source of income and a foot in the door.Eventually I would like to have my own business and FFL7 to manufacture and build my own creations to sell.
Just having a hard time finding an entry point to get my foot in the door as most folks around here are already fully staffed.
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H.G.
Conversely, an ancient Chinese proverb says, "Pursue career you love, never work day in life."Also, if you make a job out of your passion, your passion soon turns into a job; food for thought.
Stomper once said:Conversely, an ancient Chinese proverb says, "Pursue career you love, never work day in life."
I just sharted myself.
Is that a charles manson avatar?Hello,
I am all about firearms and wanted a career change from a 13 year run at bartending.
I spend most of my days researching guns, parts, how they work, and the history behind them.
Currently living in Roseburg gives me a few options for applying to work for a licensed FFL.
Eventually I would like to have my own business and FFL7 to manufacture and build my own creations to sell.
Just having a hard time finding an entry point to get my foot in the door as most folks around here are already fully staffed.
Please if you have any advice or words of wisdom to help me along the way in this journey it would be greatly appreciated .
Thank you 2A family and have a wonderful holiday season!
H.G.
Naaahh... then his username would be Helter Skelter...Is that a charles manson avatar?
That and it's pretty easy to change an avatar to an American flag too..If you decide to start your own business but aren't business savvy there is an outfit called Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) that works with people to develop business plans, help with paperwork, licensing, etc. and they have chapters in a lot of places. Free service via volunteers.