derrilex wrote:
Geez that's crap Ronin. On the positive side its good incentive to change paths. I have done it 3 times now and each time, with time, a hobby has turned into a job/business which looses its shine pretty quickly. I too am constantly on the lookout for something new and fulfilling. Building stuff is good but hard, unappreciated, underpaid, irregullar ( in this economy) work. The resin didn't work out ( as I new in my heart) but geez I had fun doing it. I'm sure something will crop up for a man of your talents :thumb:
Resin work, is in my opinion, a dying skill in Aus. Between being cheaper overseas and Health & Saftey concerns its just not viable as a business. Manufacturing in general is dying here and I think the shill loss will be felt for a long time, with the only option when the skills are needed again will be to import them. Engineering Patternmaking as a trade (my trade) is being replaced with CAD/CAM type systems. the problem with this is you still need a practice working knowledge that needs to come from experience. New doors don't take to long to open tho, I've been lucky in my working life, with only 1 week gaps between jobs thus far. This one might be a bit longer but doors are opening already, I'm just unsure which one to go through. The plan at the moment is to go through all of them until I decide which one to commit to. Anything I choose will be a pay cut, but I've known that if I changed career it'd be that way. Thanks for the support guys, one of the reasons I do like this forum
