I had the Mods remove my pricing thread for gunsmith work. It doesn't mean I am no longer doing the work but the problem was once the thread got to a certain age I could no longer edit it or even lock it.
My pricing was evolving and there were items on the list I no longer wanted to do. I addition to that. It seems that there are a lot of variables between each job and I have decided it is best to price work requests on a case by case basis.
If I was doing this work full time I would approach things differently. But since I am doing most of this after hours in my spare time I am limited in the amount of work I can take on.
What I would like is to list are some areas of work that I would consider specialties that I have spent the most amount of time gathering tooling and learning.
First is 1911's and 2011's. Let me start out and say, while I am fully aware I am not the best out there I do have a considerable investment in 1911 tooling and hands on experience. Also I have done more research and studies in this area than anything else. I like to think i am pretty good.
More specifically I have honed my skills on slide to frame fitting and barrel fitting and timing to a point where I am confident I can turn out a fine running pistol. But I am always trying to learn more. Along with moderate mill skills, cutting serrations, sight cuts, slide lightening chambering and throating barrels and fitting parts.
As far as gun work goes this is where my time, money and pssion are mostly spent.
Also have been doing mill work to Glock slides lately.
Other things I have spent a considerable amount of time and money learning and buying tools for.
Cerakoting. I am pretty darn good at this. Just dont ask for camo. It takes more patience and time to do multi color designs with Cerakote than I have.
Next item that I do quite a bit of is thread barrels. It may not sound like much but it ranks high on the list of difficult to be self taught.
AR15 work is always accepted
I offer general mill and lathe work. I am not a proffessional machinist but I am capable of doing basic and I little beyond basic machining. This is really a case by case scenario. I really enjoy spending time on the mill and lathe so ask if you think you have something you want done.
Shotgun choke threading, Savage rifle work are also on my list
I also am good at general trouble shooting. For the most part I understand how machines work and why something isn't
Hopefully this post accomplishes what I want in place of a price list
My pricing was evolving and there were items on the list I no longer wanted to do. I addition to that. It seems that there are a lot of variables between each job and I have decided it is best to price work requests on a case by case basis.
If I was doing this work full time I would approach things differently. But since I am doing most of this after hours in my spare time I am limited in the amount of work I can take on.
What I would like is to list are some areas of work that I would consider specialties that I have spent the most amount of time gathering tooling and learning.
First is 1911's and 2011's. Let me start out and say, while I am fully aware I am not the best out there I do have a considerable investment in 1911 tooling and hands on experience. Also I have done more research and studies in this area than anything else. I like to think i am pretty good.
More specifically I have honed my skills on slide to frame fitting and barrel fitting and timing to a point where I am confident I can turn out a fine running pistol. But I am always trying to learn more. Along with moderate mill skills, cutting serrations, sight cuts, slide lightening chambering and throating barrels and fitting parts.
As far as gun work goes this is where my time, money and pssion are mostly spent.
Also have been doing mill work to Glock slides lately.
Other things I have spent a considerable amount of time and money learning and buying tools for.
Cerakoting. I am pretty darn good at this. Just dont ask for camo. It takes more patience and time to do multi color designs with Cerakote than I have.
Next item that I do quite a bit of is thread barrels. It may not sound like much but it ranks high on the list of difficult to be self taught.
AR15 work is always accepted
I offer general mill and lathe work. I am not a proffessional machinist but I am capable of doing basic and I little beyond basic machining. This is really a case by case scenario. I really enjoy spending time on the mill and lathe so ask if you think you have something you want done.
Shotgun choke threading, Savage rifle work are also on my list
I also am good at general trouble shooting. For the most part I understand how machines work and why something isn't
Hopefully this post accomplishes what I want in place of a price list
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