Engine decking issue(help)

Oldmanmopar said

I am not trying to piss on anyone. The reason it only cost $200 to deck a block Is not due to what he paid for the machine. It is because that is how long it takes times $60 an hour. Do it the old way and the time rate doubles. It takes longer and the chance of error also goes up with pen and paper. These machines do the math for you. If shops set their rates at the cost of their equipment they would never get work.

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I'm surprised your sons labor burden is only $60.00 an hour, given the general cost of goods and services needed to operate a shop such as you have described your son has. Light's, heat, insurance, environmental fees, property taxes, a pay check, maintenance on the building and machines is a lot to cover.

I am not a machinist, I can make chips and on a really good day I can make a part; I can't see it taking over 6 hours the"old fashion" way to set up and deck a block if it takes you just over 3 hours to set up and machine and you claim this is a manual machine.