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[QUOTE=pplace;146073]Thanks for showing the process you went through and also for editing and adding the info from estimate “W.A.G” to actual labor hours involved. It’s so difficult to quote 100% custom work with so many variables involved. I also find myself forgiving some of my “head scratching” and thinking hours as I find it difficult to charge a customer if I don’t exactly know how to do something (can’t charge 100% for learning something myself) Do you find yourself with the same mindset also?
Yes I do, either learning a new process or if I make a mistake and ruin a Panel and have to make a second one. Steve
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Back to a billing point: I often track my hours for the first part, but more importantly track the second part (either a duplicate part or mirrored for the other side). More often than not the second part goes easier because you’ve got everything figured out. I then average the two labor totals out for a final figure. The first side is hard because you are designing, figuring, making templates, etc. Hiwever the second side is difficult because you actually have to build to match the first side exactly!ha
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"Good, cheap, fast" are all that we can deliver. Which of those 3 things does the customer prize the most? In all, your customer (luckily) found the right shop. Nice parts, Steve. Well done!
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Thanks Steve,
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Thanks guys!
I enjoy a good challenge, they can be frustrating at times, but in the end very satisfying! This type of inner structure for a project is much more complicated than most of the skins that cover them. If the structure is not correct the skin either will not fit, or be pulled out of arrangement when installed. At Dan Pates event, Cass Nawrochi said that he had studied his time sheets for complete builds, and found that only 3% of the time was spent shaping the parts. When you think about all the planning, drawing, buck building, fit up, welding, planishing, metal finishing, special tooling building, etc. that makes sense. The best made skins are useless if there is no structure to support them! Steve
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