That takes a long long time.
True, but you can get 34 gold in ten days by voting 2x a day..or 850 ec worth.
Ask people for 1v1 with bets.
I personally do loads of BHs. BUT if you want to invest into something, I would say do card bosses a few times and save the booklets and use them once 2x drop rolls in. I did that during the last 2x and I made about 150 SLS (80-90ec per scroll brings in a nice amount). Another good way to make reshape stuff is doing trials with a friend or two. A full trial run got me a nice amount of reshapes and hones and you can do 3 full runs per week (Full run got me about 45 Heps and 60-80 damascenes). I made my own base and do trials whenever I finish my BHs and am not in the mood for card bosses. You could do trials alone as the majority are super easy to do with a multi-client, and get even more mats, but the time it takes to get them done is a bit more.
The only trials I can see you having trouble doing with just one char are Trials 4 and 7 as those trials have elemental immune mobs and Trial 2 as that has a time limit of 40min and the pickup of the mats you need takes time. The rest are easily done if you know how to do them. Whenever I can't get a friend to do trials with me, I log my seeker(s) (depending on the trial) and just set up vortex on em and attack with my main. The first time you do trials it seems overwhelming, but once you get the hang of it you'll be fine. You do need to mutli-client them if youre doing it solo. Guide/description for all the trials: http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1227941