I think you've hit it on the nail. His shop rate is $50/hr, and he
mentioned he'd have to make a jig of some sort for the lathe work. I've
seen costs quoted as low as $35 for this work, which is why I was surprised.
Maybe its time to bring out the Dremel ; ^ )
Dean
1965 TR4
1974 2000 GTV
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Connitt [mailto:dconnitt@fuse.net]
> Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 5:06 PM
> To: Triumphs; Dean Mericas
> Subject: RE: Cost for modifying 240Z brake drums
>
> Dean,
> Being a small business owner myself, I can shed some light on
> the problem...
> You are paying for setting up the job which wouldn't be a big
> deal if you were doing 25 sets of drums. Having your
> machinist just do one set means he is pretty much just
> charging you for the setup of the job. Actually running the
> job probably is about 10 per cent of whatever he is going to
> charge you.
> You mentioned 3 separate operations which have to be done on
> each drum. If his shop rate is say $55.00 per hour, he is
> being pretty optomistic I think.
> If you can find a set of drums that are already modified, get those.
> Hope this helps,
> Dave Connitt
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