Hi Mr. Lee, and list, I don't like chair caneing all that much, how ever that being said, I have caned a few chairs at different times through my life. And have made some extra dollars doing this. In our area, their is hardly know one that does this work, so we can charge $1.25 a hole. and what's kind of cool about this work, is you can work and listen too your favorite book. Hell, maybe I need to go out and hussel up another chair to cane, grin. I do love money. I believe in some parts of the country, you can even get more, depending on how many folks cane in your area. Talk later. Don
----- Original Message ----- From: Lee A. Stone To: Blind Handyman Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 7:55 AM Subject: [BlindHandyMan] caning and repairing chairs Kevin just said he is getting $1.00 per hole and when we first started in the late 50's we were at 15 cents a hole and when I left home in 66 Mom was getting 26 cents a hole. The point I would like to make if one has the ability to use your hands and think. you might not get rich but you could make some money not only caneing but repairing older furniture. You might need some sighted help to scout out and find some deals on chairs of different kinds but the money is out there as is the ability to apply the skills as a blind handyman or handywoman. Then you toss in some learned skills at your ability to haggle on price and work that you would be willing to take in. Lee -- The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice. Come and chat with me at #quietzone on irc.newnet.net [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
