Originally Posted by
John Gregory
If you experience a great meal at a restaurant, Do you say, "The cook must have an awesome stove!" Look at all of the historic furniture pieces build before electricity. The skill is in the person.
While the arrow versus the archer trope has a lot of solid meaning it sidesteps the need for speed of production in order to compete in the modern world which makes it near imperative to have a well thought out process and machines to accomplish this. Unless ones last name is Maloof or Nakashima a painstakingly crafted piece of fine furniture is unlikely to sell for more than McDonald's wages per hour unless the process is streamlined.
It might help if the OP showed some of his portfolio of work. Seeing that would help guide the suggestions. If the OP doesn't have some examples of what he wants to build and sell then this really is more of "I want to start woodworking and hope to be good enough to sell my work and make a decent living".
Of all the laws Brandolini's may be the most universally true.
Deep thought for the day:
Your bandsaw weighs more when you leave the spring compressed instead of relieving the tension.