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11th April 2013, 08:49 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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how much would you expect pay
was asked to turn stool tops 300 diameter 32 mm thick 10 mm half rounds on the edges. the person said they wanted hardwood but only wanted to pay $10 each! I'm still feeling bewildered as spotted gum is $85 a metre! does anyone else get unrealistic people wanting jobs done!
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11th April 2013, 08:57 PM #2
All the time. I now suggest they supply the material and give I them a machining price only. Usually don't see them again.
JimSometimes in the daily challenges that life gives us, we miss what is really important...
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11th April 2013, 09:26 PM #3.
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11th April 2013, 09:54 PM #4Retired
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Gees $10.00. You got a regular spendthrift there. Some of the bugg... that come in here expect me to pay them I reckon for the privilege of doing it.
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11th April 2013, 10:03 PM #5
In their defence it is a good learning experience for you . You got to practice if you want to get good.
Those were the droids I was looking for.
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11th April 2013, 10:14 PM #6
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11th April 2013, 10:49 PM #7
For $10 I'd cut the blanks out on the bandsaw from timber they supplied . . . . . . . . . but that's it
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11th April 2013, 11:13 PM #8GOLD MEMBER
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ok I knew I wasnt alone! ive priced it out of pine and came to $25 to 30, think I'll tell them that I can do it for 15 if they supply timber cut and drilled
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11th April 2013, 11:34 PM #9
Just say you are not interested in a polite way of course. Don't bother explaining because some people just cannot be educated.
Visit my website at www.myFineWoodWork.com
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12th April 2013, 12:41 AM #10
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12th April 2013, 04:59 AM #11
It's frightening what people expect, when you give them a realistic price the normal response is 'What for a bit of wood!'
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12th April 2013, 09:52 AM #12GOLD MEMBER
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thankyou guys! ive slept on it and looked at his web site! and will give him a call this morning. the cheapest stool he sells is $125 and he mentioned being able to get them from Bali for $7, doubt it will be by the date he needs them. so I will have a rest this weekend!
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15th April 2013, 10:49 AM #15SENIOR MEMBER
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$20-25 each plus material costs.
Don't forget to add 20% to the material costs for waste and offcuts.
I prefer the customer to supply the material, then if it has cracks or defects, not my problem.
Had a lady ring me once and ask if I would make miniture rolling pins.
She was buying imported ones for less than $3 each and thought they were much too expensive!!!!!
I takes my hat off to anyone that stands in front of a wood lathe all day and can make a living.
Cheers
TimSome days I turns thisaway, somedays I turns thataway and other days I don't give a stuff so I don't turn at all.
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