[TheForge] materials vs. final cost

[Rich Maynard]

My tutor said 4 tmes materials for a farication job, 10 times materials for
hand forged. Not as a basis for quoting, but it's a useful check I find.

Richard Maynard - Artist Blacksmith
The Forge, Much Hadham, Hertfordshire SG10 6BS
 
rich at muchhadhamforge.co.uk
www.muchhadhamforge.co.uk


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Sent: 25 March 2008 21:26
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Subject: [TheForge] materials vs. final cost


On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 07:36:33 -0700, Peter Hirst <saltydog335 at aol.com>  
wrote:

>
Can anyone think
> of another craft where top quality materials represent less than 10
> percent of  price?  So yeah, for the next order I take, where the extra  
> quality will show, I am definitely in the iron market.
>
> I would be interested in knowing how other smiths'  economics --or 
> math
> --  compare to mine.
>
> Keziah

About fifteen years ago I was doing a lot of very careful house painting  
for very wealthy people.
10% was one of my rules of thumb- not applicable to everything of course,  
but it averaged out about there.
-- 
Andy Gladish, Metal Work
Element Forge
www.ElementFe.com
Email:  andy at elementfe.com
Portfolio @  elementfe.carbonmade.com
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