[Woodworkers] pricing help
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Sun Sep 27 08:33:20 PDT 2015
Rick & Roger
Thanks for the feedback. I was thinking that somewhere between $50 - $75
per hour for shop time would be in the ball park, so I agree with Roger on
that figure. Based on Rick's calculations it looks like $90.00 for both and
Roger is saying $75-100 each. Unless I'm missing something, I think Roger is
saying that I should charge twice what Rick is saying?
Thanks
Gary
In a message dated 9/27/2015 9:18:27 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
rgt10 at comcast.net writes:
Gary, I tend to agree with what Rick has said here. I'd have no issue at
all charging anywhere from 75-100 each. A good way to look at it is the
value for shop time. Looking at the profiles, that appears to be about an
hour job for each or so. Using a $75/per hour shop rate, puts you firmly in
that camp. Just dont devalue your time and effort. Tell him a price and
stick with it.
Roger
Gettin set to do my first show with my turnings next weekend. It's crunch
week for me and still have a lot to do and get my booth setup and pleasing
to the eye.
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From: "Rick Allen via Woodworkers" <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org>
To: woodworkers at sawdusters.org, Gcw804 at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 5:43:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] pricing help
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_ (mailto:woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org) > wrote:
I need some help in figuring out how to price a job.
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....
I'm not but so proficient at turning, so it took me longer than I thought
it should.
Attached are a couple of pictures.
So help me out here, how much should I charge???
Did I mention that he has also become a friend over the last year?
Thanks
Gary Williams
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