On Sun, 18 Jan 2009 09:45:35 -0500, "Upscale" wrote:

Hey Swingman,

You know that picnic table I made based on your design? It's been sitting in
the side yard of the friend I gave it to and two of her neighbours are
inquiring about me building them one too. Working about a dozen hours a week
it took me about a month to build because I was experimenting along the way.
With a set design in mind and knowing exactly how to go about building more
of them, I can knock one off in a week.

I figure the first one cost me about $450 in material, but eliminating
original wastage, I should be able to cut that down to $400 or so. I was
wondering what I should charge total price including labour? Any ideas?

Well, I'm not Swing, but ya know I can't keep my mouth shut..

I'd figure that the 12 hours might be 16 and start there...
What's your time worth, depending on whether this is a profit or challenge type
project..

Whatever you think your time is worth, add at least another I'd ad another 40 to
50% to that for expenses like tool wear, electricity, blades, sandpaper, etc...

Bottom line for me is that I make an offer that I can't refuse and see how bad
they want the piece done..


mac

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