This is all excellent advice and exactly what I was looking for.
Unfortunately I have been learning the hard way about crafting, I had no idea until recently that you could go back and get more schematics or that you could get them from reverse engineering. As a result, the stuff I am making is vastly lower in level than my character. I am trying to work on it, but the stupid droid on my ship really sucks.
Also, I only have 1 other toon at this point and she is much lower level.