Machine Shop Prices

you have to be pretty experienced to make a presice bore@hone in 2 hours? I mean, the Block has to be set up and ajusted, or does the new machines align themself?

anyone here work at a machine-shop? how long time does it take?

I charge $45.00 per hole on a conventional V8 which gives me 4hrs to get it done. I charge $55.00 per hole if a torque plate is required.

I've never understood this trade and the mentality of it, both from a consumer's and shop's perspective. Some customers think every job takes 5 mins and should have Walmart prices and yet the shop has hundreds of thousands in equipment in tooling. J.Rob