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From: Jason James on 5 Apr 2010 05:18 "Noddy" <me(a)home.com> wrote in message news:4bb86396$0$33496$c30e37c6(a)exi-reader.telstra.net... > > "John McKenzie" <jmac_melbourne(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message > news:4BB8459A.3EA3(a)bigpond.com... > >> I might offer the comparison - go to an engine machinist amd get work >> done at a particular rate, whatehaveyou. But go to someone who is at the >> cutting edge of head porting and engine building, to build a competitive >> race engine, you aren't just (effectively) paying for the parts and >> labour/machining time. To be a top of the field engine builder, they >> have to do some fairly relentless R&D work, and obviously that >> experience/knowledge/research is factored in to the price. > > Indeed. > > A mate of mine who used to be a Pro Stock racer years ago now builds > engines from home in his pretty God Damned elaborate "garage" (I call it a > "garage" but it's more like a hospital surgical unit that has an 18 car > capacity). > > Engines are his full time job keeping him fairly busy, and his average > price for a turn key unit is a hundred grand. Aw shucks,...I'll loan myself out to him at $100 hour....:-) Jason,..."pass me the grease for the pre-lube will ya."
From: John McKenzie on 5 Apr 2010 13:59 atec7, 7, > wrote: > > > Yes > now how many people can either borrow and hire a compressor or do the > prep and pay someone to apply the paint saving a small fortune y'know I reckon less still. If i had to rate them, I'd personally suggest that panel repair/sanding is more difficult to get the lines/shape right than it is difficult to get a half decent lick of paint on there with a gun. -- John McKenzie tosspam(a)aol.com abuse(a)yahoo.com abuse(a)hotmail.com abuse(a)earthlink.com abuse(a)aol.com vice.president(a)whitehouse.gov president(a)whitehouse.gov sweep.day(a)accc.gov.au uce(a)ftc.gov admin(a)loopback abuse(a)iprimus.com.au $LOGIN(a)localhost I knew Sanchez before they were dirty root(a)mailloop.com $USER@$HOST $LOGNAME(a)localhost -h1024(a)localhost abuse(a)msn.com abuse(a)federalpolice.gov.au fraudinfo(a)psinet.com abuse(a)asio.gov.au $USER(a)localhost abuse(a)sprint.com abuse(a)fbi.gov abuse(a)cia.gov
From: Noddy on 5 Apr 2010 18:44 "atec7 7" <""atec77 \"@ hotmail.com"> wrote in message news:hpcqm2$6su$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > now how many people can either borrow and hire a compressor or do the > prep and pay someone to apply the paint saving a small fortune As someone who has painted the odd car or 12, I give a price to do the whole job. If someone who is inexperienced wants to do their own prep work the price is normally doubled, and the warranty is removed from the picture :) -- Regards, Noddy.
From: Noddy on 5 Apr 2010 22:34 "John McKenzie" <jmac_melbourne(a)bigpond.com> wrote in message news:4BBA251B.143D(a)bigpond.com... > y'know I reckon less still. If i had to rate them, I'd personally > suggest that panel repair/sanding is more difficult to get the > lines/shape right than it is difficult to get a half decent lick of > paint on there with a gun. Indeed. Vehicle painting is one of those tasks where 90% of the quality of the finished job is a result of the preparation work. The actual laying on of the paint is the easy part. -- Regards, Noddy.
From: atec7 7 ""atec77 " on 6 Apr 2010 00:06
John McKenzie wrote: > atec7, 7, > wrote: >> >> Yes >> now how many people can either borrow and hire a compressor or do the >> prep and pay someone to apply the paint saving a small fortune > > y'know I reckon less still. If i had to rate them, I'd personally > suggest that panel repair/sanding is more difficult to get the > lines/shape right than it is difficult to get a half decent lick of > paint on there with a gun. > > > > I never said the job had to be ferpect , for the more modern stuff a few bucks and 20 minutes work means a replacement panel so not like it's rocket science and needing complex tools which is why for many jobs the average doushbag can do it easily or can't you hang a simple panel fella |