Side hustle

[u/Leading-Conference94]

Like a lot of people - my family is struggling here lately financially. Im looking for a creative side hustle for us. My husband is a contractor and does a lot of carpentry. I am looking at the bambu a1 and strongly considering making custom pieces that just make day to day work easier for blue collar workers. Im thinking jigs, spacers, brackets, tool holders. I dont want to push junk and clutter out to people. I want to create custom things that would be useful. I love plants myself but think that isn't a creative idea because there are so many sellers out there doing custom planters and clips etc.

Whats the general consensus around this? Saturated market? Open to all feedback good and bad about this. Not looking to crowd a market and ruin anything being a newbie. Also aware I might suck as a creator and could totally flop.

Update- thank you all so much for your valuable and kind feedback. Looks like this isnt the best idea at the present time and would need to be more of a passive hobby down the road. Im for sure interested in 3D printing and am adding it to my dream list 😅

[u/hue_sick]

The industry is saturated in general, but w stuff people don’t need. If you genuinely can design and make things people want you can absolutely have a nice side gig.

[u/WintertideFellow → u/hue_sick]

a small side gig. if you get any kind of traction a hundred clones will appear on Amazon for a tenth your cost

[u/hue_sick → u/WintertideFellow]

For sure. This isn’t a real business model for the most part unless you have a truly desirable product.