^^ Yeah!
Doesn't matter how quick you work, working to those standards (or more specifically that level of attention to detail) eats time and while the labour bill for a ground up build/high end restoration can be crazy high, if you take the number of hours into account you'll get a shock how cheap it is in 'real terms'
I love doing this sort of work, for example... http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/album.php?u=4093 but it's the least profitable stuff i do and as a result i don't advertise or actively look for it as the number of people that understand what's involved and thus can see the value is relatively small. Gross generalisation but doing regular/kinda repetitve/boring work for another business is typically more profitable and involves less ball ache as you're not dealing with the public- less 'speshial ed' types, far more clued up types
Yes and no...
Doesn't matter how quick you work, working to those standards (or more specifically that level of attention to detail) eats time and while the labour bill for a ground up build/high end restoration can be crazy high, if you take the number of hours into account you'll get a shock how cheap it is in 'real terms'
I love doing this sort of work, for example... http://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/album.php?u=4093 but it's the least profitable stuff i do and as a result i don't advertise or actively look for it as the number of people that understand what's involved and thus can see the value is relatively small. Gross generalisation but doing regular/kinda repetitve/boring work for another business is typically more profitable and involves less ball ache as you're not dealing with the public- less 'speshial ed' types, far more clued up types
Yeah true, i've been watching a fair bit of Eckold kit being auctioned off in the last few years in the vain hope of getting a bargin. IIRC the Kirkham Motorsports Cobras are made in ex aerospace factory in Poland. I think (at least from fabrication/welding POV) that aerospace has never been as good as is often thought though. I looked into it years ago thinking it'd be a good way to go and the deeper i looked the less appealing it became with one exception... While there's more variation, more freedom etc in being self employed or working for a small family company there's less avenues for advancement i.e. being stuck on the tools at 60+
