Rick
Thanks for the reply. I think as shop owner's anyone of us can relate to all the cost of running our buisness's. Recently I sold the big shop and am now moveing back to the old shop next to my rural home. Going from 10,000 sq ft with an in house media blast system and a down draft booth [ which I sold both pieces of equipt.] back to a 4,500 sq ft with a cross draft. is going to take some getting use to. but the shear cost of running that monster, was priceing me out of the market. lot's of potential customer's and nice prodject's ' but the market in central Wi bear's about 50.00 per hour and my accountant said it needed to be more like a 100.00 per hour.
But the reason I started this tread was to get a feel of what the average guy really thinks is a resonable price for this kind of work and what his or her expectation's are for thier investment. and hopefully a few more shop guys will pitch in and we will all come away with a more informed attitude of what can be expected all the way around.
have a great day Larry
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