"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message newsHdQd.30523
Damn, that is expensive. $100,000 at 6% for five years is $1933 per
month. Typical 20 day, 8 hour work day, the machine is costing him $12 an
hour just to sit on the floor. Add $20 an hour for labor, at least $20
for overhead, he has to grind a lot of blades to make a profit.


Well, the machines do last for a long time, and he does get to depreciate
the equipment. But that said, my local sharpener said that when he bough 3
computer controlled sharpeners that he needed 3 just to keep up. He
solicits business from all the local builders in the Houston area. I
suspect that there are 50 to 75 housing developments steady building homes
at any given time.