[Woodworkers] pricing help

[Rick Allen via Woodworkers]

Hi,

Pricing for woodturning.  To make it round I charge diameter times length (in your case thickness) rounding each dimension up to the higher whole inch.  For you that would be 14 x 2 and 16 x 2.  I then charge $2 for each feature.  The profile shown has 5 features (right half of bead, left half of bead, bead landing, left cove, right cove).  The features I usually charge for are on a diameter 3" or less.  I might charge more than $2 for each feature on such a large diameter.

All that said $70 is the price I would be inclined to charge.  I might increase that price to $90 by charging $4 per feature because of the diameter.

I will often give as much as a 50% discount to close friends.  Family gets it for cost.  Folks who think they are friends can get a 20% discount.

Good luck

> On Sep 26, 2015, at 9:17 PM, via Woodworkers <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:
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> I need some help in figuring out how to price a job.
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> A guy I met on Craigslist.... Wait that doesn't sound right. A guy who had a lathe for sale on Craigslist, that I wound up buying, wanted a two part column base turned. He supplied the two octagon shaped 1 3/4" Cyprus bases and the profiles for what he wanted. The small one finished out at 13 /4" at the largest diameter and the large one finished out at 15 1/2" at the largest diameter....
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> I'm not but so proficient at turning, so it took me longer than I thought it should. 
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> Attached are a couple of pictures. 
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> So help me out here, how much should I charge???
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> Did I mention that he has also become a friend over the last year?
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> Thanks
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> Gary Williams
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> <Completed Column Bases.jpg>
> <Dave'scolumnbase1.jpg>
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