It does take time. Took me all day to make 220 frames from scratch in fact.. Tedious and boring, but not unbearably so. Made from 1" barn boards I got for hauling them away.. so, minus a couple dollars for gas, I made close to 180 dollars today.. I figure any day I can make more than a hundred dollars doing something I enjoy is a good day.
BTW, the tool shop carbide blades work pretty well for making frames. One blade so far, 220 frames, 22 boxes, 5 bottom boards, 5 reversible inner covers, and 5 tele covers, PLUS 5 double medium nucs, bottom boards, migratory covers. Still need to make the frames for those. Thats tomorrow. I got those blades on sale for 6 dollars, buy one, get one free, limit 5 per purchase, so I went back in three times...