I do indeed work in a frame shop. I wouldn't recommend it as a hobby but maybe you're thinking about doing it as work. As a hobby it'd be expensive as hell. There's way too much specialized equipment. If you wanted to buy mostly everything and assemble it yourself I'd say the return on in vestment and results would be better just to pay to have it done.

As a job it's repetitive as hell. I can just about do it in my sleep but I'm above average intelligence and good with my hands. Some days I don't want to be there. That said, it beats working in an office. I did that a couple times and was bored out of my mind. I'm moving all day if not making any decisions with a high degree of intellectual difficultly, I still mostly like it. I make like super high retail money which is still poor but not far from the average of someone with a fine arts degree.

I got into it because I have a fine arts degree. My boss who's the owner of our shop got into through family. Even for him it's not a high paying field. He seems solidly upper middle class.

Just ask and I answer any questions not covered by my interpretation of your comment. It's not that interesting though: cut glass, blow off mats, staple in pictures, eight hours a day.