o/t the going shop rates

[limitless creativity]

Since mfg has slowed down, I would like to know the going hourly shop rates in the mfg world for vertical and horizontal mills for the following

 

2-1/2d

3d

4 axis

5 axis

just looking for basic info

 

Thanks

Mike

[MACHINEMASTERG]

the place i work for is not a job shop so our rates are alittle high but our basic all around shop rate is 75.00 an hour to 4 axis we dont really do any thing 5 axis or really outragess work were an oem these prices are for replacment parts our enginering rate is 120.00

[Guest CNC Apps Guy 1]

We manufacture our own products and our rate is around $45/hr for anything from 2 axis lathe stuff to full blown 5 axis.

[iowajim62]

Hi all,

Up here we charge the following hourly;

Verticals

Small Mills $50.00

Med. Mills $60.00

Large Mills $70.00-80.00

Horizontals

Small Mills $90.00-$120.00

Med. Mills $120.00-$150.00

Large Mills $150.00-$200.00

Lathes $50.00-$100.00

[Scott Bond]

After years of marketing research we have narrowed our custermer base down to this

one catagory,,,

""Anyone with a check.""

 

Shop rate $ 50 an hour

[mold100]

Anything and Everything $50.00 is what we shoot for per hour.

[limitless creativity]

Everyone

Thanks for the input.

 

Mike

[jeff]

iowajim62,

How big is your large mill and what kind of work do you do in order to charge $200.00/hour?

 

Is that the going rate in California?

Whew I'm glad I live in Michigan.

Here we only charge $65.00/hour and our biggest cnc mill has a 30x60 table while our biggest lathe has a capacity of 36" dia x 10 feet long.

By the way, a lil advice to you guys, never buy a Leadwell lathe,the machine is a total lemon.

I have had just about everything go wrong that can possibly go wrong and can you believe the $#@! turret actually fell of the machine!!!

I mean not even during a cut either.

The base plate that holds it on was cast iron and was c/bored to leave 1/8 wall and after a couple crashes, it just had enough.

Sorry to ramble on guys,I was just surprised about the 200/hour rate that's all.

 

[iowajim62]

jeff,

We do large vacuum chambers for wafer fab equipment and that price reflects what we can charge based on production quantities.

For example a $4000.00 raw block of alum. 20"

thick ran thru 6 operations has a finished price of somewhere between $9000.00 - $12,000.00.

Now throw in anodize and nickel for around another $2000.00 - $3000.00 and you have around $5000.00 for about 25 hours of machine time. Remember this is for production quantities not for 1 or 2 prototypes. I've seen those go up to $20,000.00 ea. !!!

HTH