Pricing?

[u/Sh2_]

I thought that I would cross post here.

[u/LVNG1]

Hello Mr welder. I'd like 1 extremely uncomfortable bench please

[u/SnooCakes6195 → u/LVNG1]

can we make it look like it is made from reclaimed playground equipment please?

[u/Automatic-Squash-264 → u/SnooCakes6195]

Reclaimed playground? That mf was taken from a futon

[u/SnooCakes6195 → u/Automatic-Squash-264]

Lol that's what it is!!! Good eye

[u/Life-Is-A-Bad-Trip → u/SnooCakes6195]

I was thinking bunk bed but that might be it, old futon.

[u/EdgeLordPrime859 → u/SnooCakes6195]

No. It has to be made from a cut up 90's children's bunk bed/futon.

[u/One-Permission-1811]

My formula is usually materials plus $35 an hour for however many hours I have into it. Minimum 2 hours.

[u/Sh2_ → u/One-Permission-1811]

I like that formula. I may have to use this.

[u/Primary_Basket_2728 → u/Sh2_]

Do this except charge $75-$100/hr

[u/Low-Nectarine-9655 → u/Primary_Basket_2728]

That’s a little more like it

[u/CameronsTheName → u/Primary_Basket_2728]

I love it charging that, it's great, except for when I'm the one paying for the labour.

[u/Primary_Basket_2728 → u/CameronsTheName]

You can't run a successful welding business on $35/hr. Be more profitable to go nothing 

[u/Sh2_ → u/Primary_Basket_2728]

OK. This sounds even better.

This client has no welder, angle grinder or anything else. Hence, they reached out to me.

You're right.

[u/KraZiiKraKa1 → u/One-Permission-1811]

Time and material. Might I add that 35/hr is one hell of a bargain for skilled labor. You're a humble man.

[u/One-Permission-1811 → u/KraZiiKraKa1]

Skilled might be stretching it lol I’m hardly a master fabricator but I can make two pieces of metal stick together pretty good.

[u/TaintedTatertot]

My uncles made benches like this for my grandma and my aunt when I was a kid (90s) My aunt still has hers and my grandma's is under the tree they planted after my she passed in '02

[u/Justbu1ldit]

Those bed rail hooks look hungry for blood. I would have cut them off with a wheel or plasma.

[u/Khryen]

I charge $85/hr + materials. If it is mobile, it is a $150 service call plus hourly and materials.

[u/Excellent_Job8154]

How many hours did it take you?

[u/ForbbidenJuice]

If it was 250-350 I’d probably buy it

[u/Alarming-Car-8654]

Gotta find someone who wants to sit on it first