Re: OT: need advice from machinists

Posted by Midwest redneck on September 11, 2005 at 04:37:32 from (64.136.26.225):

In Reply to: Re: OT: need advice from machinists posted by Davis In SC on September 10, 2005 at 18:30:28:

You are thinking right up my alley. A lot of work I do now at my employer and for my employer is hot work and gotta have it now without prints. The hourly rate for my own shop would be minimum $50...for the hot work especially when I am working at 10oclock at night to get somebodys stuff done. And you are also correct about small jobs, the $250 fixture plate or the $150 coupler that broke or the special size bolt that cant be bought now like a 1"3/8-12unf, I would make that and charge $50/hr for it. The big fixtures that would be $6000-$10,000 would require signatures first and a down payment too. Keep in mind that my $35/hour rate would be for time only and the material would be added on to the 35/hour rate. 6 months ago I went to look at a chinese milling machine, junk...I didnt buy it but the guy selling talked for a long time. He is my age and was laid off and his employer said "buy yourself a mill and a bandsaw and we will subcontract you at $25/hour". Of course I am sure that he got more than 25/hour because he just milked the work and he also mentioned that he also got some hot work from a big supplier, on that job he made a fixture jig and had to drill a cross hole on over a thousand pieces of something. He averaged $100/hour for his time on that job. Thanks for the input.

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