Time passes whether your working on guns or not. Not really about the money. Take my current project, a Savage Fox Model B, has been in the family for quite a while. I won't get rid of it because of grandpa bought it for my aunt when she was 16. She doesn't hunt birds anymore so I rescued it from the wall. I always thought the stock was a train wreck of bad finish and pressed checkering. So the I found someone to guide me through the learning process to finish and learn checkering on the old beast. I love the challenge of learning new skills (checkering, refinishing, etc.) and sorting out problems like why the forend keep eating screws. Problem solved and hopefully by this fall the old Fox B will be back in the chukar hills. Then I'll be tuned up for my next project.