I do indeed work in a frame shop. I wouldn't recommend it as a hobby but maybe you're thinking about doing it as work. As a hobby it'd be expensive as hell. There's way too much specialized equipment. If you wanted to buy mostly everything and assemble it yourself I'd say the return on in vestment and results would be better just to pay to have it done. As a job it's repetitive as hell. I can just about do it in my sleep but I'm above average intelligence and good with my hands. Some days I don't want to be there. That said, it beats working in an office. I did that a couple times and was bored out of my mind. I'm moving all day if not making any decisions with a high degree of intellectual difficultly, I still mostly like it. I make like super high retail money which is still poor but not far from the average of someone with a fine arts degree. I got into it because I have a fine arts degree. My boss who's the owner of our shop got into through family. Even for him it's not a high paying field. He seems solidly upper middle class. Just ask and I answer any questions not covered by my interpretation of your comment. It's not that interesting though: cut glass, blow off mats, staple in pictures, eight hours a day.
Yeah, I'm mostly looking into it as a job possibility. I like working with my hands and don't mind repetitive work, so I was just kind of curious as to how you like it, the pay, how long you've been doing it, etc. The lady at the frame shop was super nice. She got into it similarly apparently, going to school for design. It was something she did to pay her way through school and she liked it so much, she just never stopped. She seemed both super relaxed and enthusiastic about her job at the same time, which I thought was great.
It's a very relaxed environment. Some of my gripes come from depression and a bad attitude that I suppress well for the most part. I'm sorry rinx I'm just an asshole sometimes. I make $15 an hour and have been doing it for about three years at different businesses. No health insurance for some reason related to the ACA that I don't understand in a state with no Medicare expansion. Paid holidays and vacation time. I like working with my hands too and cutting a freehand mostly straight line with a glass cutter is incredibly satisfying. Before this stint in retail I worked at a commercial mirror glazier and it was kind of a shit show. Some business men got together and decided making frames isn't that hard and decided to sell framed mirrors to construction companies. I'd show up hours late but never got fired because I was one of two people qualified to work there. The other qualified guy sometimes came in drunk and got sent home.
No need to apologize! Sometimes text is tough to accurately convey meaning. I tend to not hold internet grudges, and it sounds like your kinda going through a lot right now. I don't write very well and I can come off a lot meaner online if I'm not careful.