Burners

Cheers for the continued interest everyone, and sorry for the silence of late - will come to that in a sec

I’ve still a few gone silent from original list(!) will round these up tonight, and then bump orders onto those who have expressed interest. Will message this eve, hold tight!

Being straight-up, I’m not going to be able to do another run like this^, for a couple of reasons;

First, I’m almost out of fabric (black is completely out), but I’m working on a solution, for this ....and other ideas.

Second, it’s been an awesome experience, but financially/time-wise it didn’t really make sense. I do want to continue making, so I’ll give a bit more detail below

Third, thanks @andyp Burners are back in stock. Now in black, and a lovely rich, burnt yellow.

More details on the workings; This isn’t a gripe, far from it, but an insight into my approach/thinking, and planning/expectations for the future. I mentioned I genuinely thought I’d be making a handful on a Saturday afternoon, so it’s made me realise I should crack on and initiate more maker projects like this.

I purposefully set an affordable, good value price, because I love the product, felt passionate about it, and wanted to get it out there. I thought it would be a nice thing for the forum (after all the entertainment it’s given me), and as a versatile bit of kit, I wanted the price to be accessible to all. - a reaction to members-only, hype, limited-release sales, if you will. I wasn’t counting on the admin/logistics side of things (thank you @M4xime for the message above!), which possibly took nearly as much time as the make, but all-in, it probably worked out at below minimum wage. Nothing wrong with that, and it’s my decision, but it’s hard to juggle the time with other commitments. I also realised it would make more sense for me to include donation cost in a price, so I could add Gift-Aid on top (and I’d also like to include a system to get product to juniors/youth teams). Anyway, this is a long way of saying I’ll need to price correctly in future, to make sure it’s sustainable, but know that I want to make sure things remain good value.

I’ve spent the last few weeks making some improvements to my home setup, including buying tools and machinery. My IG will has a recent addition, which sets me off like that big bloke out the Pottery Throwdown when I look at the quality of the mechanism.... The machine is small, but has huge potential :)

So! I’ve a couple more ^new^ things in work, which are ready after a couple of years tinkering and road-testing. They’re genuinely novel/unique and super handy. I’ll be able to give more details in a few weeks, and would love to do a similar thing; LFGSS special, made by me, money to a good cause, custom/team versions if needed. ....cheers for reading this far :)

TLDR: more stuff coming, slightly higher price.