I was thinking of farming out a folder full of parts I need but thought I might
be better off hiring a gruff old retired swarf maker to come in. Why not, I've
got great equipment and racks full of raw materials and have the parent machines
at hand for reference and fit. The right guy could come and go as he pleases,
pocket some money and enjoy some accomplishment...and get away from the wife for
a while.

What are the ways to locate such a guy? How much should I offer? Per hour?
Per job? Can I screen applicants according to political leanings? Joke
repertoire? Cigarette brand? Coffee making skills? Number of fingers?

On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:44:51 GMT, with neither quill nor qualm, "Tom
Gardner" quickly quoth:

I was thinking of farming out a folder full of parts I need but thought I might
be better off hiring a gruff old retired swarf maker to come in. Why not, I've
got great equipment and racks full of raw materials and have the parent machines
at hand for reference and fit. The right guy could come and go as he pleases,
pocket some money and enjoy some accomplishment...and get away from the wife for
a while.

What are the ways to locate such a guy? How much should I offer? Per hour?
Per job? Can I screen applicants according to political leanings? Joke
repertoire? Cigarette brand? Coffee making skills? Number of fingers?

You'll undoubtedly be swamped from posting this here on the tool porn
group, Tawm.

P.S: Hiring by # of fingers remaining is a good way to keep your
insurance costs low.

--
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what
to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
-- George S. Patton

By job or section of a job. Have goals. Not a 2 month long one.

His perks are likely not a tiny bopper needs.
Martin

Martin H. Eastburn
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Tom Gardner wrote:
I was thinking of farming out a folder full of parts I need but thought I might
be better off hiring a gruff old retired swarf maker to come in. Why not, I've
got great equipment and racks full of raw materials and have the parent machines
at hand for reference and fit. The right guy could come and go as he pleases,
pocket some money and enjoy some accomplishment...and get away from the wife for
a while.

What are the ways to locate such a guy? How much should I offer? Per hour?
Per job? Can I screen applicants according to political leanings? Joke
repertoire? Cigarette brand? Coffee making skills? Number of fingers?




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"Tom Gardner" wrote:

What are the ways to locate such a guy? How much should I offer? Per hour?
Per job? Can I screen applicants according to political leanings? Joke
repertoire? Cigarette brand? Coffee making skills? Number of fingers?

Well it looks like you just put out your advertisement.

Might want to mention it on impractical machinist too.

Wes

On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:44:51 GMT, "Tom Gardner"
wrote:

I was thinking of farming out a folder full of parts I need but thought I might
be better off hiring a gruff old retired swarf maker to come in. Why not, I've
got great equipment and racks full of raw materials and have the parent machines
at hand for reference and fit. The right guy could come and go as he pleases,
pocket some money and enjoy some accomplishment...and get away from the wife for
a while.

What are the ways to locate such a guy? How much should I offer? Per hour?
Per job?

The approach that would work for me is by job. Figure out what a job
would cost you if done internally by whomever might do it, or what it
would cost to send it out. Then decide what you'd like to offer a
retiree to do it with your machines and your stock with no particular
time pressure since you clearly are not in a hurry.

I would then either take it or leave it.

Mentality (hence negotiation technique) is a bit different with
retirees. Production of income is nice for the toy budget, but it's
not a priority. If we needed a paycheck we'd still be working.

So the decision for the applicant is simply whether he'd rather be
making parts for you or doing something else.

Look back for my thread on the potfiller project. Several retired
guys offered opinions of what they're willing to work for if condx are
otherwise attractive.

BTW, I mentioned to my "client" (friend of son's MIL) what others had
said in that thread and then told him I'd be glad to accept whatever
he felt would be fair.

He topped the highest estimate, more than doubled the lowest. Perhaps
he thinks he might like to come back for more some day? G

If you would like to send something out, my current price would be a
Ruger GP100, 4" barrel in .357 -- or equivalent sum. G That's
until fishin' season starts, else after Hallowe'en.

On Sat, 05 Apr 2008 01:01:56 -0600, Don Foreman
wrote:



BTW, I mentioned to my "client" (friend of son's MIL) what others had
said in that thread and then told him I'd be glad to accept whatever
he felt would be fair.

PS This was after he had received the part, installed it at his job
site and tried it out. Then he said he'd like to pay me. There had
been no a priori negotiation. He described his problem, I sent him a
solution that apparently worked well for him.

He topped the highest estimate, more than doubled the lowest. Perhaps
he thinks he might like to come back for more some day? G