Originally Posted by
awerby
How much do those elephant plates sell for? I can't imagine that they get more than about $20 each for them. Deduct the cost of selling them, and you have to make it for half that to see any kind of profit. But the wood will cost you at least $5, so you have to run your machine for 3 hours, clean up any supports, sand it out and finish it for $5. (That's without amortizing the cost of the machinery, tooling, and software, or paying for any overhead expenses like rent, taxes, insurance, or utilities.) It seems like begging on the street would be a lot more profitable...