Hit 500 railings done without one comeback, still weird to think about

I counted my order log yesterday while cleaning the shop and saw 500 custom railings finished since I started solo back in 2019. Most of those were just basic square stock with twists, but about 60 had scrollwork that took real patience. The number surprised me because I still feel like the new guy half the time, even after five seasons of this. For the folks who keep tallies, do you track by piece or by job, and what number made you stop and stare?

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stellanelson14d ago

Track by job, not piece, or you'll drive yourself nuts with the small stuff. I log each order number with a quick note on what it was and roughly how many hours it ate, so a five panel fence job counts once even if it had forty balusters in it. Around 300 jobs is when it hit me, mostly because I could flip back and see repeat customers, and that told me more than the raw count ever did.

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