You got eight bushings in two different sizes machined from scratch, and four new pins in two different sizes one pair drilled for grease (Thompson shaft?), all with a two day turn around for just under $40 a piece ($10 materials and $30 labor for each part)? That's not bad at all, especially if he put someone on overtime to get them done for you on time.
You probably had at least an hour of shop time in measuring your old parts, quick sketching four drawings of your new parts, and figuring the machine routings. It probably took as much shop time to set up the machines and jigs cutting tools as it took to actually machine and check the parts.
Have you checked what it would cost to have the backhoe manufacturer ship off-the-shelf OEM parts to you?
FYI new car dealers have charged $70+ per hour for garage mechanics for years.
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Today's Featured Article - The Nuts and Bolts of Fasteners - Part 2 - by Curtis Von Fange. In our previous article we discussed capscrews, bolts, and nuts along with their relative hardness and thread sizes. In this segment we will finish up on our fasteners and then work with ways to keep them from loosening up in the field. Capscrews, bolts and nuts are not the only means of holding two parts together. When dealing with thinner metals like sheet tin, a long bolt and
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