undertaker
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Gonna hopefully start a little thread up here 
What does it cost you to do 1 meter of fillet on 6mm plate, right angle corner. 1mm wire using argoshield gas
Next question... what do you charge 
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Gonna hopefully start a little thread up here What does it cost you to do 1 meter of fillet on 6mm plate, right angle corner. 1mm wire using argoshield gas
Next question... what do you charge 
pedrobedro
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That's a heavy duty coffin there undertaker, have you found where the vampires leader is sleeping? It would depend on your travel speed and deposition rate, different welders have different techniques but if you are setting up and buy all the equipment, wire and gas it would cost you over £1000. You are a bit vague on the circumstances of the weld as I am at home in the shed on the garden it costs me hardly anything and if I was doing it for a mate I would expect a good drink (not tea 
) but if I was in a rented unit at a few hundred pounds a week I would expect something like the upper end of the previous answer £50 area.
) but if I was in a rented unit at a few hundred pounds a week I would expect something like the upper end of the previous answer £50 area.
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As a cash in hand job for a neighbour sort of thing, would charge £10 to £30 depending how much I liked the neighbour.
As a proper job and taxable it would be £10 for consumables and £50 to £70 for labour depending on what I thought I could get away with.
The answers may sound a bit 'cold blooded' but I have learnt over time never to do cheap work, my equipment cost a lot of money and many hours of my life was spent learning to weld, if someone wants to benefit from that I expect a decent payment.
The strange thing is, since I stopped grabbing every job I could to earn a few £'s, I have actually been as busy as I want to be and find I can allow more time for a job, enjoying it more and producing to a higher standard.
As a proper job and taxable it would be £10 for consumables and £50 to £70 for labour depending on what I thought I could get away with.
The answers may sound a bit 'cold blooded' but I have learnt over time never to do cheap work, my equipment cost a lot of money and many hours of my life was spent learning to weld, if someone wants to benefit from that I expect a decent payment.
The strange thing is, since I stopped grabbing every job I could to earn a few £'s, I have actually been as busy as I want to be and find I can allow more time for a job, enjoying it more and producing to a higher standard.
It should only take a couple of minutes to do the actual weld depending on your machine, however, you should take into account, the time taken to talk to the customer, setting it up, cleaning or prepping the weld and getting it ready to hand over. Once you take those into consideration you will be suprised how a quick 2 minute job turns into a 20-30 minute job.
Then you take into consideration the following costs, wire, gas, grinding disks, wear and tear on your machines, grinders ect. it starts to add up.
So when ever I do something there is always a minimum charge per 1/2 hour, regardless if it's 5 minutes or 30 minutes plus consumable/material costs if applicable. This of course is providing it's not for my best mate, family, some poor old pensioner ect. (I occasionally do freebies depending on the situation) but normal paying customers pay!
Then you take into consideration the following costs, wire, gas, grinding disks, wear and tear on your machines, grinders ect. it starts to add up.
So when ever I do something there is always a minimum charge per 1/2 hour, regardless if it's 5 minutes or 30 minutes plus consumable/material costs if applicable. This of course is providing it's not for my best mate, family, some poor old pensioner ect. (I occasionally do freebies depending on the situation) but normal paying customers pay!
Depends on the circumstance really, if it was for someone I didn't know (but say a mate of a mate) I would charge more than I could earn in a day at work on overtime rate, otherwise my tools stay where they are. Time with my family is important so it has to be worth it.
If it was for a mate i'd do it for beer tokens
For anything more official you charge what you think they can pay
We have some stainless trolleys at work that are always getting broke, my boss got a local firm to come in and do us a quote, we were quoted £250 a day it took them 3 days!
I did offer to weld them but work just wanted to pay me a normal overtime rate, I told them where to go!
If it was for a mate i'd do it for beer tokens
For anything more official you charge what you think they can pay
We have some stainless trolleys at work that are always getting broke, my boss got a local firm to come in and do us a quote, we were quoted £250 a day it took them 3 days!
I did offer to weld them but work just wanted to pay me a normal overtime rate, I told them where to go!
The answers may sound a bit 'cold blooded' but I have learnt over time never to do cheap work, my equipment cost a lot of money and many hours of my life was spent learning to weld, if someone wants to benefit from that I expect a decent payment.
My dads a retired mechanic, and he always said the same thing, not only are people paying for your hours labour, they are paying for years of experience.
My dads a retired mechanic, and he always said the same thing, not only are people paying for your hours labour, they are paying for years of experience.
