Re: [AMC-list] Machinist

[Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm in Salinas, CA.  Lots of old cars still on the road out here and every other hotrodder, no make that 90% of the rodders drop an SBC in their car and think they have something truly unique.  Lots of rod runs, car shows etc. and many of the owners are old farts like me, but who don't want to get grease under their fingernails because it looks so tacky when they are holding a glass of wine.  

Utilities are high. It's California.  Taxes are high.  It's California.  

But Steve, my machinist does a lot of his own work, has very little help in the shop now and does good work.  There's a mechanic who works with him, but I think he prepares a separate invoice, to do the installations when a customer wants a complete turnkey job.  Some of Steve's equipment is new.  I know he bought a new or fairly new machine for boring blocks within the last couple of years.  Much of the equipment looks old, but he does quality work and I'll go back there whenever I need machine work done.

Joe Fulton

--- On Fri, 3/12/10, Bruce Hevner <scramblr@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Bruce Hevner <scramblr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [AMC-list] Machinist
> To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 6:25 AM
> Joe,,,first of all what area of the
> country are you in?? Here in the
> southeast you will not get those prices unless you are in a
> big city such as
> Atlanta.
> 
>  
> 
> Second,, all your looking at is what he CHARGES,, how about
> overhead?? I
> assume this guy (like all of us) likes to get paid??
> What’s the labor rate
> where you are? What does HE get paid. Think it’s cheap to
> run a cleaning
> operation?? We ditched our gas powered degreasing tank
> years ago when NG
> went sky high and it was costing $800 a month to run it. It
> was an old
> non-insulated tank. We now have a smaller electric
> insulated tank but the
> meter still spins like a top when it’s turned on. Want a
> new cleaning tank??
> A SMALL one will run around 7-10k.
> 
> What kind (and how old) are your guys machines?? If they
> are older ask him
> why he hasn’t bought newer equipment. I’ll bet the
> answer you get is,,,”I
> can’t afford it” or “The stuff out there now is SO
> expensive unless it’s
> being used every day it can NOT pay for itself”.

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