Estimating engineering time on machine design

Sure thing. You can get a valid email address for me by looking at my
web site. And thanks.

Mark 'Sporky' Stapleton
http://www.h2omarkdesign.com

 

You're wrong. If I quote a job for fixed price of $15K and it actually
takes $18K worth of time and materials for the exact job quoted on,
the customer gets a bill for just the $15K and I eat the rest. By the
same token, if it takes $12K to do the job, they get the same bill.
You guys do a bit different kind of work than I do, perhaps more
measurable and predictable, perhaps not. Quoting time + materials is
safer, but I don't like doing it.

I do agree 100% with Sporky that some customers are more difficult
than others. A no-bid may be your best choice in such cases. You can
still go broke, but at least you won't be tired. ;-)

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany

 

I stand corrected.
R. Wink

 

A "detail" is a single engineering drawing of a single part. It might
be one independent sheet or one sheet of several (if several parts are
delineated in a multi-sheet drawing) or it might be a couple of sheets
(for a complex part). An assembly drawing can contain details, but
generally it is considered a separate thing besides a detail.

'Sporky'