You guys might want to start makeing selfbows.
It only cost me sweat THE LAST 21 YEARS. Mine are totally hand made. Draw knife and rasps.And for the post at wants to add where and tear on tools. I still use the same ones as when I started. And they were 100 years old when I got mine at a flea market.
Money should'nt matter if bow buildings in your heart. Not many peoples builds enough to start a bissness. So why worry about the money. If you do, buy yourself a flea market,yard sell bow.People don't build bows to save money. I don't know one person that started for that reason.