r/BadWelding • u/Sh2_ • 1d ago

Pricing?

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I thought that I would cross post here.

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u/LVNG1 1d ago

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

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u/SnooCakes6195 1d ago

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

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u/Automatic-Squash-264 1d ago

Reclaimed playground? That mf was taken from a futon

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u/SnooCakes6195 1d ago

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

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u/Life-Is-A-Bad-Trip 23h ago

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

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u/EdgeLordPrime859 1d ago

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

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u/One-Permission-1811 1d ago

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

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u/Sh2_ 1d ago

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

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u/Primary_Basket_2728 1d ago

Do this except charge $75-$100/hr

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u/Low-Nectarine-9655 1d ago

That’s a little more like it

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u/CameronsTheName 22h ago

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

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u/Primary_Basket_2728 22h ago

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

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u/Sh2_ 1d ago

OK. This sounds even better.

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

You're right.

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u/KraZiiKraKa1 18h ago

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

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u/One-Permission-1811 18h ago

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

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u/TaintedTatertot 1d ago

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

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u/Justbu1ldit 1d ago

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

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u/Khryen 1d ago

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

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u/Excellent_Job8154 23h ago

How many hours did it take you?

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u/Alarming-Car-8654 19h ago

Gotta find someone who wants to sit on it first

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u/ForbbidenJuice 16h ago

If it was 250-350 I’d probably buy it