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    How to mark up high material costs on lower labor job?

    I'm quoting a project and wondering how some of you would mark up material in my case. (I'm a welding/fab shop, and these are rough numbers.) $80k in material before markup $40k in work at my shop rate. I always markup material but usually material is a smaller portion of the quote....this...
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    OT-ish What large format printer?

    Starting to do more structural stuff where I have to have plans printed. I've been using the local office supply store and getting 24x36 pages printed. This is becoming a hassle. What 24x36 printer are you guys using and would you buy it again? Thanks!
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    Needed: tips for making large frames

    12x14x35 foot box frames made from 4" square tube. 36" centers on the "studs" and "joists". We already make similar scale boxes and just use conventional layout methods to get them right. We only make these occasionally right now and due to the size they are built off low sawhorses. If you were...
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    South Bend Ibarmia (Beast of a) Drill Press A-40 Louisville, KY $1500

    Pics coming. I have 2 South Bend Ibarmia Drill Presses 460v Gear head, power down feed. Coolant. These don't seem to have been treated nicely, as the tables have holes and some of the handles to adjust the table/up down are missing. But these things are so beefy it's amazing. Some specs and...
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    H&H Industrial Spot welder. Single Phase. $600 Louisville KY

    H&H Spot Welder. Got this from an auction that had a working wood shop and some surplus sales stuff... I guess I was bidding against the scrappers, as there is a bunch of copper in this. Anyway if you need parts or want to get it going here it is. Govt tags on it. Someone cut each and every...
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    Best way/general advice to tap 1/2" plates

    Fab shop job. 1/4-20 thru 1/2 HR Plate. Plates are 6x8 so small enough to easily handle. Don't have a mill but I have a good Arboga drill with forward and reverse and low speed of 125 RPM 40 plates 8 holes per...320 total. Am I going to break a lot of taps, is this doable or a send-out job...
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    Miller Maxstar 200dx DC TIG Louisville, KY free shipping $2000

    Miller Maxstar 200DX. We powered it up. I can take a vid of it welding if you would like. Seems nice and clean. I bought with a pkg of other welders and already have a Dynasty so I don't need this one. Comes with foot pedal, ground clamp #17 torch. Located in Louisville, KY I can take pp or...
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    Advertising specific services

    I want to advertise for a couple products/ services I haven't done. (I'm a welding/fab shop). One of them would be more upscale outdoor metalwork...think corten planter boxes and edging, garden screens, pergolas, etc. This work doesn't jive with my current site (Old, product based) and...
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    Vibratory Finisher Burr-Bench 2016 Louisville, KY $2100

    Burr Bench 2016. Works. Needs a little R&R. Tub looks great, belts look great. Pump is there but probably doesn't work. These are $5600 new. All parts are available https://www.abrasivefinishing.com/shop/model-2016 $2100 Can be seen daily in my shop in Louisville, KY call, PM or txt 5o24o36832
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    Want to build a parts tumbler, need motor advice

    Wanting to build a parts tumbler for our smal plasma cut parts. We have a cheap concrete mixer modded with a lid and some panels inside to make it an octagon. It does an awesome job but it's on it's last legs....we've probably had it over 2 years and it's earned it's keep...no more grinding...
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    Hypertherm Powermax 45 FS Louisville KY $1100 440v

    Hypertherm Powermax 45 looks to have little use. 440v 3ph only. We have 240v here except for one transformer so I can't use it like I want to....we wired it up and are using it today though. $1100 shipped in cont US. 5o2-4o3-6832call or text I'll upload some pics soon
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    Ornamental Fence. Help with my plan

    I need to make less than 200' of ornamental fence for my backyard. I have a King Catalog. Plan is 2 1/2" square tube posts at the ends and 2" posts otherwise. 1 1/2" punched channel 4" centers. 1/2" solid pickets with spear finials and ball tops on the posts. 8 foot panels in general...
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    Business Strategy/Entrepreneurship thread for metal shops

    Beyond the normal day to day business of getting customers and doing work, what are some of your entrepreneurial exploits? And how did they affect/change your business? Also, if you moved to 'the next level' what business/financial choices helped you to get there? (The next level being...
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    Anyone have a cobot welding robot?

    Does anyone have a welding cobot and if so, how is it working for you? Looking at this system: Robotic Welding Rentals | BotX Welding Cobot | Red-D-Arc Just got word we have 'years' of production welding work and I have the word out to hire a few more people (I have 5 now) but this looks...
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    OT where to buy MK caulk gun in US

    I hired a guy from Denmark :D no lie, who has a nice MK caulk gun. Anyone know where I can get one? He doesn't want to use anything else. It is nice. My google is normally good but nothing so far. Maybe there is a supplier who carries them in the US? Or, tell me what is better.
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    OT what to do with extra concrete/ critique my plan

    I'm filling in a pit for a press brake and I'm going to need about .18 yards of concrete. Minimum delivered is 1 yard. I'm not going to rent a mixer and do bags...paying for the full yard delivered is more than worth it, so I'm 'stuck' with the extra. The current plan is to fill a couple 55...
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    New shop, SBA loans and the waiting game

    Around November 2020 I was doing my weekly review of the local industrial real estate listings and I found the perfect shop (TBD of course). I made an appointment to see it and made an offer a week later. My wife, more frugal than myself, agreed it was the shop for me. Offer was contingent on...
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    Red-D-Arc DC 600 (lincoln) CC_CV arc welder. Louisville , KY $1000

    Red-D-Arc DC 600 (lincoln) CC_CV arc welder. Louisville , KY 40218 $1000 See pics for specs. I can ship for actual costs.
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    Options for metric rotobroach. Sharpen or no.

    I bought a Siegmund 4x8 welding table. It's awesome. I also have a cast iron machine table...approx 4x10 that is flat and has 2 square sides. It's an inch thick at the thinnest and also webbed to about 3 inches. Anyway I bought a 28 mm rotobroach to start drilling holes in the cast iron table...
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    Opening a second business questions/thoughts

    ***I don't have it all figured out, obviously, so this post isn't the be-all and end-all for my thoughts on this...I could write a book...this is for discussion*** I have an idea for a second business, but I want it to be system that can run on it's own. (And possibly franchised.) I know...
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