I'd appreciate a value check from someone who knows what it might cost to have one part made in a machineshop. Harold? Karl Townsend?
I was asked to do this by my son's mother-in-law, to help out a customer of hers who is a contractor with a problem. The contractor Fed-Ex'd me the fixture my part needs to fit. Cosmetics are important on this one.
She may be expecting this as a freebie for all I know. If so, that's OK. If she or the contractor does want to compensate me, which I think will probably be the case, I haven't the slightest idea what "fair market value" might be for such a job, and I'm sure they have no idea either. That's where I need a bit of informed help.
My investment in this is maybe an hour of design time and 1.5 hours of shop time as a guess. Probably a low estimate, but I'll ride it. Oh, and 3" of 3/4" 303 barstock and shipping of the whole shebang back to Florida.
Again, whatever they think is fair is OK with me, but they might want a clue as to what might be fair -- then I'll give 'em a really good deal.
A description of the application and the part, with shop print and photos, may be seen at
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I am cross posting to alt.machines.cnc as that group has lots of "money players" and more than likely have made [or are making] something close.
Volume will be a consideration for both the machining and stock costs, and this appears to be a one-off
Roughly comparable rates for machining should be similar to the shop rates for mechanics and plumbers.
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3 inches of 3/4Ø 303 SS = 15$? [set up /test pieces/shipping?]
glass bead for finish = 15$?
shipping USPS bubble pack = 10$?
-------------------------------------------- total = 165$?
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Stainless-303 3/4 x RD x 36 34.80 34.80 All prices are in US Dollars Subtotal 34.80 Shipping 9.50 TOTAL 44.30 ==============
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Your cart contains:
Quantity Item # Description Unit Price Sub-total Actions
1 RD:RDS303:00750-303-XXX 3/4" ROUND 303 STAINLESS STEEL $5.61 $5.61 Remove Labor Cut length Material ordered
4" 4.25" $5.00 Items have had applicable discounts applied, unless otherwise specified. Total: $10.61 Tax not included [shipping??] Estimated total availability: 1 day/s =================
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Jeeze, that sure was detailed for a one off part, George. I think you used up his total budget just researching & writing up the quote. LOL I could have used you to do my taxes. JK Our shop rate is officially $65/hr. And for one or two parts we'd just throw in the material, since we've got remnants on the rack.
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