[Woodworkers] pricing help

[ROGER via Woodworkers]

Gary, 

I've very likely over priced this work for you. I think we have all tackled paying jobs for someone, where at the end of it, you factor it all up and you are working for something crazy like $5/hr. At the end of the day, if you are happy with doing the pieces for $45 each, then thats wonderful. But I can almost guarantee, you'll still have in the back of your mind, "Man, I should have charged more for that job" I myself have no problem charging more. And I dont have that nagging feeling of i should have charged more. 

Roger 

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From: "Roy Shrove via Woodworkers" <woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> 
To: woodworkers at sawdusters.org, Gcw804 at aol.com 
Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2015 8:57:35 PM 
Subject: Re: [Woodworkers] pricing help 

Just remember the cardinal rule of pricing...you can always go down (and make the buyer think they are getting a deal!) but it is damn hard to raise prices after the fact.... 

R​ 

On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 10:33 AM, via Woodworkers < woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org > wrote: 



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: 

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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. 


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 > wrote: 


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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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