[susieq]

Right now I still work part time 3 days a week. Tues and Thurs are my days off during the week. Right now only Thurs is dedicated to carving and I try to put in 4 to 6 hours. If I'm lucky, there will be some carving time on the weekends if hubby and I don't have plans. But come July, I am leaving my job to stay home and carve on those days I used to work. I really hate to start if I can't work for 3 hours.

I plan to help supplement our income a little with my carving so I need to be a bit diciplined. Usually, even if I don't feel in the mood to carve, if I just go out to the studio and sit in my carving station, I can start working and be glad doing it.

For me, 30 minutes of time wouldn't work. Some of my thought processes are longer than that and I can't work with interuptions once I get going. Break my train of thought and I have to start all over again working on an idea....which is why I sometimes lock my studio door and take the phone off the hook. I need a "do not distrub" sign for the studio door.

[Ashbys]

When I started caving I had more time, so I carved more than I do now. But I have forced myself to make time daily. So now a min of 2 hours on my projects, they what ever else comes my way is just a plus.

Ash

[Iowa Carver]

I am a beginner and I carve when I have time and I am in the mood more or less. I do something associate with woodworking about every weekend of some kind. Sometimes at the carving bench and sometimes it's in the shop at the table saw, router or the lathe. Just depends... but carving is monopolizing my free time these days whether it is reading, making patterns, cutting out patterns or actually carving.

Corey

[Jim OH]

Depending of how work has been, thru the week maybe 1-2 hours a night. On weekends as much as I can, unless chores start calling too loud. Never know for sure just how much time I can depend on to do some carving!
Jim OH

[mark yundt]

If I don't want to know,,,neither do you LOL It's somewhere between good Lord this is killing me,,and ,,,That's it,,that's all you've got to show? Get your fanny crackin.....

About 16 yrs ago my wife gave up asking " when are you coming to bed?" ,,"in a minute ,,I'm almost done" to "why didn't you come to bed last night,,didn't you sleep?" Nawww..I'll sleep when I'm dead.

Really though,,,what do you expect when your reality exceeds your dreams?

[Kenny_S]

Lately, No time. Little bride has me busy with remodeling "Her" Kitchen. Hmmm, I do most of the cookin and the kitchen was fine!!! But what do I know!!!!!!!

[carvnman40]

Kitaye, like you, I too have recently started keeping track of my carving time. The question I get ask most often about my carvings are, "how long did it take you ?" Now I can give a reasonably accurate answer.
I usually carve between 4-6 hours per day, six days per week. I am retired.

Mike

[chuckt]

Beginner's syndrome? Heh heh heh - well . . . I sorta define it. DON'T let this happen to YOU. Let's see I've been reading about it, talking about it, buying tools, getting "ready", and thinking about it for . . . well, years now. <shakes head in disgust>

The only really consistent time that I've spent carving is when I went to NEWR the last couple years and the few weeks on either side of it. (pretty sad eh?)

BUT - I also have 4 teens, a 4 hours + per day commute to work in NYC, am helping manage and promote the band that two of kids are in, and trying to maintain a household . . . so my time is REALLY limited. I figure if I've sustained my interest this long and I've accumulated my tools I'll get to focus on it eventually. Hopefully BEFORE I retire 20+ years from now. <sigh>

So there's a cautionary tale in "Beginner's Syndrom" for you. Oh yeah - total spent on carving so far? um...too embarrassed to say. But I got a LOT of nice tools. heh heh heh

ChuckT