Thanks for the comments
You have some great points there, ng. I had the thought of maybe starting a thread for sharing that kind of input - maybe after my errands.
Ever thought of posting your sculpture ChassisWelder? This is the forum for it. I know I enjoyed seeing Tully Mars' wood work. I hope to have these sell - I'm having cards made of 30-odd pieces and hope to see how they move.
jewels, if I can pull off making some coin from this it will be a good thing. If I could get enough coin to avoid getting a real job that would be totally wonderful. So I am in the process of finding out how to do that. Baby steps.
Again, thanks to everyone for the positive comments. Sometimes I'm almost shy about making these little things, being a grandfather and all, but what the heck.