Yeah, becoming a producer would mean costs up front. But you could try some somebody else made, and see if you think it's worth saving up for. I think a decent press is about 500 bucks, which is also about how much it costs to get the basic equipment to extract with solvents. The only solvents I'd want to really get heavily involved with are things like CO2, but that costs a good 5 grand to get started. Once you do, you can produce top quality dabs (with no chance of contamination since CO2 is harmless) basically forever, for no/little cost. Maybe if I win the lottery, eh? But then, I'd have to start playing the lottery, so I guess that isn't about to happen :P
EDIT: I remember my first Volcano experience. It was at the Marc Emery (the now disgraced cannactivist) "Cannabis Culture Headquarters" in downtown Vancouver, several years ago. He had about 20 of them in the lounge. That was before they put the dab bar in, but even then, the Volcanoes stayed. Of course, his wife Jodie took over after a while, and then she got out of it too. I don't know who is running that place lately. A lot of the culture was destroyed with "legalization" in 2018.