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Use your DIY skills to make GUCCI MONEY

Share your hustles

>> No.1277114

>>1277106
turning out OPs mom & dad

>> No.1277125

>>1277114

/thread

>> No.1277136

Buying and selling shit from thrift stores and garage sales. Worked at a consignment shop all throughout high school and picked up some knowledge of antiques, clothing, purses, and household shit. I basically just do it for fun at this point though. Waiting for bites on a few Ralph Lauren pieces and a vintage stoneware plate set right now.

>> No.1277141

>>1277136
>>1277106

this

I've made about 10k doing this while going to uni

>> No.1277157

I build pallet furniture and sell it on craigslist.

>> No.1277256
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1277256

>>1277136
> dried out lump of dog shit?
> that’s a $100 bill all day!

>> No.1277445

>>1277136
Same here. I also volunteer at a Goodwill equivalent, driving co-workers crazy because I know there's value in half the stuff they'd throw away.

>> No.1277451

>>1277256
>Storage Wars

God I feel so happy watching that show. Happy that I don't make my living sifting through a storage bin I just bought for $300, getting excited by a stained mattress I can sell for $50 if I'm lucky. God damn, what a way to make a shitty living.

>> No.1277502

>>1277451
This show is fake, people have admitted to planting things for them to find.

>> No.1277505

>>1277502

that doesnt make it fake, it makes it enhanced. nobody would watch the show if it was all old mattresses and broken furniture. so they throw in some extra items for excitement. other than using big-tit bikini girls, this is the only way to make it watchable.

>> No.1277512

>>1277505
>that doesnt make it fake, it makes it enhanced.

so how's that career in sales working out? did it hurt to sacrifice all your principles for the first few weeks?

I suppose you think Pro Wrestling is a sport as well?

>> No.1277514

>>1277502
Even given how fake that particular show is, the thing is it's based on the real business of buying storage units and trying to spin a profit from a stained sofa and some Pink Floyd LPs.

>> No.1277543

>>1277106
Have small rope machine. Meh.

Look at local $700 tow ropes.

...the winding is the same

Have 3hp ac motor and some gears. Need expensive ass gear box.

Bigass tow ropes when!

>> No.1277547

>>1277512
Not him but yes.

Sold $25,000 in household overpriced shit in 1 week.

Feelsbadman.

Quit

>> No.1277548

If you have access to a cnc router or a drill press or one of those ghost gunners, do an 85% lower party and charge people to press the button that completes their ar15 lower. If you do special financing on the lower you could have the thing payed off within a month or two and start making a profit unless those ATF niggers try to make it illegal

>> No.1279101

Bumping this thread because I want ideas. I'm about to try painting my van and see how it comes out. If it comes out decent maybe I can paint other people's cars. I'm just trying to find a hustle to support myself and want input from others who have been successful.

>> No.1279267

I'm also interested in this thread. Anyone got advice on repairing small appliances at home to make some money while in college?
I'm an EE student with some experience repairng stuff.

>> No.1279292

>>1277106
Gucci is shockingly inexpensive in the UK. Same price as Hugo Boss, Ralph Lauren etc.

I used to have a guy who got counterfeit clothing and it was done so well. Probably the same sweat shop workers made it in their second job.

>> No.1279298

>>1279267
My gf started restoring old damaged photographs at work and turns out she's a fucking savage at it - people pay a lot for this.

If you're good with electronics fucking phone screens is where it's at, if you're in the UK go up to a Deliveroo scooter/motorcyclist and offer them an alarm system for their vehicle - so many scooters and YBRs are being stolen here and with courier insurance for them you can only get 3rd party. Dash cams for taxi drivers.

>> No.1279311

I have access to a 3 axis CNC mill, and I've been racking my brain trying to think of something I can make and sell to make a little extra cash for the holidays. Any ideas?

>> No.1279315

>>1279298
So not as a freelancer? Who are the customers? What does it involve? Scanning it, painting over the fucked areas in photoshop, then printing out brand new picture?

>> No.1279317

>>1279311
Small batches of hipster enamel pins! Im a graphic designer and Id absolutely love to give this a shot myself at some point, but I have no CNC friend around sadly.

>> No.1279323

>>1279315
She works in a camera store and it's something they offer but the company doesn't realise how much of an impact it has on customers who receive back near perfect quality (depending on the damage) photographs from WWII, of deceased relatives, shit that floods back warming memories etc etc. It's genuinely worth paying more than what they charge. I want her to start giving her business card to customers who always request her personally on the sly and start her own thing.

She had a customer come in who said she wanted her photos restoring of a ballroom dance she was at with Queen Elizabeth II when she was young. Turns out she still keeps contact and sent them to the Queen of fucking England.

Yeh it is exactly that. Some of the restorations are incredibly impressive when the original has a lot of damage.

>> No.1279338

>>1279323
Dang, that sounds like ez money honestly. You might be onto something!
What rates do they have and what doou think would be more fitting?

>> No.1279342

>>1279101
depending on where you live pressure washing is good, carpet cleaning is good, re-grouting tile floors is good.

>> No.1279531

>>1277136
How do you send shit to people? the PO and things like FedEx are insanely expensive.

>> No.1279560

>>1279531
>not charging the customer for shipping

>> No.1279811

>>1279317
I'll be your friend. Let's make it happen captain!

>> No.1279838

>>1279811
Where are you from? I am from fucking czech republic sadly and nobody else is ever from czech republic :/

>> No.1279844

>>1279311
Custom AR rails

>> No.1279944

>>1279838
Shit, I'm in the US

>> No.1279956

>>1279944
I mean it could somewhat work, I can do the vector files long distance no problem, though Id love to get the hands on experience and experimentation, for example Id like to try out etching the ink areas out first on the sheet stock and using the CNC only to rout out the outside edge.

>> No.1279957

>>1277106
If you have any amount with construction, run a "tiny house build" workshops.
People will pay you to be able to work for you and if you do a good job supervising the dumbwads, youll get a tiny house you could sell as well!

>> No.1280027

>>1279957
OP here, I build and sell small houses. Charging for classes isn't worth it. Pain in the ass to market, high liability, idiot people, no thanks.

>> No.1280055

>>1280027
Here is your problem, the magical buzzword is "tiny" not "small".

>> No.1280201

>>1277157

pics?

>> No.1280213

>>1279342
By regrout do you just mean put a thin layer of new grout in the cracks, or do you mean scraping out the existing grout somehow and putting new stuff in? The latter sounds like it would be a pain in the ass. You might as well just redo the entire thing and put new tiles in.

>> No.1280302

>>1279531
We use NetParcel (in Canada) to save on shipping.

>> No.1280351

>>1277547
Yeeeeeeeeeeah, I'm calling BS

>> No.1280361

>>1279323
The queen of england has been dead for 300 years

>> No.1280367

>>1279311

Lightning links.

>> No.1280562
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1280562

>2 hours work
>Maybe three bucks worth of materials and paints
>44 bucks for the glass dome and base
Sold it for $140
#winning

>> No.1280563

>>1280562
>if it ain't white
>it ain't right

fucking racist smdh muh fuggu

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1280565

>>1280562
I make a whole bunch of these flowers and paint them in various colors and use a variety of bases and people just gobble them up. This one was done in 45 minutes, cost me about 5 bucks to make in total and it sold for $40

>> No.1280566

>>1280563
>ain't tight*
Im a pipefitter and the ol lady thought it would be a funny gift kek

>> No.1280569

>>1280563
quiet kneegrow, don't get uppity

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>>1277106
Chastity belt locksmith.

>> No.1280576

>>1280562
>>1280565
So you're getting around $47 per hour.
How many you can sell per day?

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1280579

>>1280575

A fucking ford probe, are they even trying?

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>>1280579
To be honest I've never noticed the car brand.

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>> No.1280592

>>1280576
>76▶
>>>1280562 (You)
>>>1280565 (You)
>So you're getting around $47 per hour.
>How many you can sell per day?

Depends how motivated I am in making them, regardless they usually don't sit around for very long. For Mothers day I made up a batch of 25 of them before posting them up for sale, they were all gone within two days.

>> No.1280593

>>1280592
huh, that was weird...

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1280646

>>1279311
if you have the dimensions for bridgeport style wiper covers, the little panel that holds the felt wipers, you could make one (aluminum) that both holds felt wiper strips and allows you to mount a way cover material, like:

https://www.mscdirect.com/product/details/31937667

or if you're really desperate for right now, how about a gucci ass mousepad with some silly logo CNC machined into it.

like an aluminum rectangle maybe 3/16" or 1/4" thick, with a square depression milled into it for a mouse bearing surface material, with nice beveled edges (could include some tapped holes near the bottom to attach a wrist-rest strip or something to keep your hand off the cold metal), and at the top put your "gucci" logo of some sort.

A way to hold it down to a desk would be appreciated, I expect. I wonder if adjustable height suction cups on the corners would be worthwhile? Or at least a provision for using some kind of adhesive strip.

Or maybe add some weight to it, to keep it from sliding (lead inserts?) hell just make it out of steel.

Now sell it for $100+ to gamers on ebay or amazon (it doesn't take long to set up a store to list items on Amazon btw).


What do you think? Worthwhile? Some 1/2 aluminum plates would be good material to start with. Man, a lot of PC stuff is just not durable at all. Making a billet PC case you sell for like $400 would probably sell even, if you have that large of a working envelope.

A stamped and hardened sheet metal keyboard would be fucking fantastic too, but then you'd be CNC'ing a die and need the rest of the press (heavy weight go up/down). Would be bad to skimp out on the stamping part and leave sharp corners, of course.

Hardened sheet metal can be one of the most beautiful things around.

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>>1280576
Dicking around with a new style, callalilies. Might sell this for $35-50 and make more depending on interest.

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>>1280789
Its amazing what you can do with a little bit of sheet metal and some heat n beat.

>> No.1280828

>>1279311
Study chopper parts. You might not perfect your process soon enough for the holidays, but look at what very simple bungs and spacers sell for. Round SS for axle spacers (6" lengths buyers can saw to size would do well) and cold rolled rod for bungs (small threaded, weldable cylinders for welding into frames to mount accessories) would be good.

Check this shit out. You could profit selling them for much less via an Ebay store, and none of this stuff is patentable.

https://www.lowbrowcustoms.com/fab-parts/bungs.html

>> No.1280840

>>1277505
> big-tit bikini girls, this is the only way to make it watchable.
i think i saw a brazzers video of that once

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1281062

Yeah its a ford probe, ford had no business making that car.

>> No.1281123

>>1280811
>Antique Art Nouveau Pewter Floral Arrangement

>> No.1281135

I made like 4 grand in the past few years just hacking together retro game cabnets out of wood, raspberry pi and cheap laptop screens. I think I've sold/given one to just about everyone I know that wanted one, so that market is over, but it was fun while it lasted.

>> No.1281167

Clean gutters.

I know a guy who does snow removal and yard work. He has started specializing in doing gutter cleaning more and more. He uses a pressure washer attachment for most and it takes him like 3 minutes to do a gutter.

He mows lawns too and in one neighborhood he mows the entire half of a block. It's in a cul-de-sac of McMansions and he can do all of the front yards at the same time. He just makes his rows perpendicular to the house. It looks pretty cool too since all the lawns are uniform.

>> No.1281169

>>1281167
I say I do handyman work but mainly what I'm doing in my area is leaf clean up and gutter cleaning. The other 30% is minor HVAC/plumbing issues. So glad we don't get snow here. I only work for one landlord in a blue collar neighborhood but pull in an extra 2 grand a month doing it.

>> No.1281267

>>1280592
How do you ship them? Packaging and post office?

>> No.1281277

>>1280581
lol, wait, that's a Mustang Fox? why all that trouble, and still no K&N filter?

>> No.1281293

>>1281167
While we're on the topic, what's the best way to clean clogged downspouts? I figure if you wash them out with a pressure washer rather than scoop them out there's a chance shit will end up getting washed into the downspout and clogging. Some sort of pipe snake or something maybe?

>> No.1281444

>>1280581
Mirin that crx

>> No.1281446

>>1281293
first of all learn the difference between a gutter (horizontal) and a downspout (vertical).

and yes you are correct if you clean them with a pressure washer you can wash the leaves and shit into the downspout, but if you are careful you can blast most of it out of the gutter into the air and down onto the ground and the shrubs and your car and your dog and your deck and your grill and your hot tub and and and

>> No.1281473

>>1281446
So you're saying go with a ladder and bag/bucket method then? Works for me since I've got a ladder but not a pressure washer or extension wand.