<prompt> Human: As a consultant I have been making an average of 235,000.00 annually gross pre-tax, and 190,000.00 net. I work 14 days on and 14 days off. On my days off I started a small fab workshop at home where I run cnc plasma tables1 - 4×4 plasma cam, and 1 - 4×8 torchmate X and several 3d printers 2 - lulzbot taz 6 and a tronxsy x5s this side businesses is currently averaging 36,000.00 per month gross, and showing a 35 percent profit averaging 12,500-13,000 after paying the bills i.e. power, consumables, steel, filament, programming updates, etc. I am 37 years old, house is paid off Teton county, Wyoming, toys and vehicles all paid in full. Healthy retirement account, oldest son currently in second year in college CMU in Colorado with 4 years of tuition saved to help cover his costs. Equal amounts of college funds saved for my younger 2 children locked in high interest bonds until they enroll into courses. Savings account is healthy and also have a decent emergency fund that is 6 figures. Currently I am getting burned out in running all over the world chasing the next oil boom. I am strongly debating on staying home at the shop and seeing how far I can build up my small business. I have grown to enjoy cad and designing parts and accessories with my shop but still a little nervous on if the economy is functional enough for me to step away from my bread and butter income.Assistant: First Id ask how you see your business stability and potential growth. Is it something that can scale decently with the more time you put into it, as in, if youre putting in 10 hours a week making X, would you make XX putting in 20 hours? Also how variable can the demand income be? If a recession hits or demand falls, how does the business get affected? Is it stable basically?Otherwise you seem to have everything set up nicely. Personally if the above answers have positive answers, Id maybe wind down the consulting job and get my ducks in a row then work on the side business full time. Human: So far the routine has been humped up with 10-12 hours a day in the shop for the first week I am home to catch up then 4-6 hours a day for the second week to maintain. Looking at either taking it on full time or I will need to hire a cnc tech and a welder. Few and far between to get both in one person unless they are doing the same as me and looking to build their own show.  <response>: Since your business is making a good profit; it may be worthwhile to hire full time employees to do the detail work while you focus on the value add design prototyping biz development; that way, you can fit it into the on-off schedule.If you do have internet access during the on-rig period and some free time; you could do some of the work remotely.The intent is to focus on building up the business to sustain even through lean periods, while winding down the consulting job.. plus adding a significant changeover reserve fund. 