Quote Originally Posted by Fivetide View Post
Shot myself in the bloody foot there lol !! Still dont know, I know this though, the wood is about £3 not much... took me about 4 hours to create it and get/convert into G-code, and then 8 hours on the CNC, 2 hours to finish it off. take away the creating part, becasue thats spread over anymore i make ( Max of 50), its still 10 hours work plus 8 hours of electricty .. you see where I'm going I had never thought of this part before.. so if you were making a one off job with those stats what would you charge ?

Pricing is a very subjective thing.
I know the bits I sell, my effective hourly rate works out a bit low, but that's due to machinery limitations. It's still high enough to make it worthwhile, but the main thing is it's letting me work towards better machines, which will ultimately lead to a higher effective hourly rate.

You've got to figure do you want to sell more at a lower price, or less at a higher price?
And how much do they really cost you to machine?