I'm weary of people wanting something custom made, but think wood is free, and labor is done for the love of it. For most things anymore, I turn it down. I make what I enjoy making, and don't mind if it sits in the storage room if it doesn't sell, but then I'm retired and between VA disability and SS, we are comfortable. He may be the same type of person as another I know well. He lived in a dream world all by himself. He showed up in a small town in NW Pennsylvania and announced to the local news rag that he was setting up shop there to manufacture unspecified widgets in great quantity, as well as to eventually erect a new manufacturing plant through his construction company. Also as part of a mega-complex, with mega plans in his head, would be a world class restaurant. He took out full page ads and began interviewing people, and telling many they had a job at wages above the area average. Several folks quit their jobs, in an area where jobs at any level, were at a premium. Then he sort of disappeared into the sunset. He had big dreams, and he loved playing the part, but he got many peoples hopes up for new business in a rust belt city, and he hurt quite a few too. Perhaps this same person operates along those wave lengths, but if not, he should offer some rebuttal to my and Dennis's remarks.
