No, no, I haven't completely cracked, yet. I don't even own a deer rifle and there's no clocktower around for miles. 
What I am is f**king swamped. I've bitten off more than I can chew. I have WAY too many projects on the tables, way too many of which have been here upwards of a year, or even more, and I'm either out of or critically low on far too much of my inventory. I have over 1,500 parts on what can be laughably called my production floor, that need to be finished, anodized and put up for grabs. Heck, I'd bet it wouldn't take me long to add another thousand or so to that if I had a few minutes to think about it.
I still enjoy this work, but that enjoyment sure is damped when I see every nook and cranny of the shop piled with stuff that I not only know I need to be working on, but should have, in all too many cases, been delivered months ago.
For those of you that have been waiting, first, BIG thanks for your patience. Second, for those of you that have been waiting the longest- meaning, with a couple of exceptions, a year or more- your jobs are now free. Yes, free. For those that sent a deposit, consider that your payment in full. Those exceptions will be ones that still need outside/paid work, like anodizing or plating, or parts that still need to be purchased. I'll ask for those costs to be covered, and that's it.
All I'm asking in return is a little more patience. I've made a good bite in the backlog since the beginning of the year, and for the next month, I'll only be updating the comic three days a week instead of five (for the three or four of you that actually read it. ) With a little luck, I hope to have the bulk of it taken care of by the end of March, or maybe tax time. (Which is yet another thing I still need to do. )
There is one other thing I'd like to ask, and I'll even give y'all a little gift for it: I've been neglecting my Shop Patreon for too long, so I'll be posting some "behind the scenes" pics there, if any of you kind and generous sorts wanted to help support an airsmith that made some really poor career choices many years ago, and is too stubborn to admit it.
(It's worth noting that the comic Patreon is a major reason I'm even still in business- no matter how much it is, that "regular monthly paycheck" goes a long way to smooth out the usual self-employment 'feast and famine' highs and lows. A buck a month, two bucks a month, it all helps.)
And, as usual, for those that might not have seen it, I have a regular thread over in the airsmith's section, where I regularly post stuff.
Again, thanks for everyone's patience, and all my customers, past, present and future. This is my 28th year in the biz, and I have no plans to go anywhere.
I just need to dig myself outta this hole, first.
Doc.
What I am is f**king swamped. I've bitten off more than I can chew. I have WAY too many projects on the tables, way too many of which have been here upwards of a year, or even more, and I'm either out of or critically low on far too much of my inventory. I have over 1,500 parts on what can be laughably called my production floor, that need to be finished, anodized and put up for grabs. Heck, I'd bet it wouldn't take me long to add another thousand or so to that if I had a few minutes to think about it.
I still enjoy this work, but that enjoyment sure is damped when I see every nook and cranny of the shop piled with stuff that I not only know I need to be working on, but should have, in all too many cases, been delivered months ago.
For those of you that have been waiting, first, BIG thanks for your patience. Second, for those of you that have been waiting the longest- meaning, with a couple of exceptions, a year or more- your jobs are now free. Yes, free. For those that sent a deposit, consider that your payment in full. Those exceptions will be ones that still need outside/paid work, like anodizing or plating, or parts that still need to be purchased. I'll ask for those costs to be covered, and that's it.
All I'm asking in return is a little more patience. I've made a good bite in the backlog since the beginning of the year, and for the next month, I'll only be updating the comic three days a week instead of five (for the three or four of you that actually read it.
) With a little luck, I hope to have the bulk of it taken care of by the end of March, or maybe tax time. (Which is yet another thing I still need to do. )There is one other thing I'd like to ask, and I'll even give y'all a little gift for it: I've been neglecting my Shop Patreon for too long, so I'll be posting some "behind the scenes" pics there, if any of you kind and generous sorts wanted to help support an airsmith that made some really poor career choices many years ago, and is too stubborn to admit it.
(It's worth noting that the comic Patreon is a major reason I'm even still in business- no matter how much it is, that "regular monthly paycheck" goes a long way to smooth out the usual self-employment 'feast and famine' highs and lows. A buck a month, two bucks a month, it all helps.)
And, as usual, for those that might not have seen it, I have a regular thread over in the airsmith's section, where I regularly post stuff.
Again, thanks for everyone's patience, and all my customers, past, present and future. This is my 28th year in the biz, and I have no plans to go anywhere.
I just need to dig myself outta this hole, first.
Doc.
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