True. Mass production has brought the price of things down so far that a
realistic charge for a one off item seems totally outrages.


"Ba r r y" wrote in message
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On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 05:46:40 GMT, "CW" wrote:

Define reasonable. My shop rate is $80.00 per hour, one hour minimum. No
offense intended but many people seem to think that machine shops work
for
near nothing.

Many think the same of woodworkers... 8^(