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Re: Tools cost [PSUBS-MAILIST]
Vielen Dank, Carsten und Alec !
Grüße, --Steve
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From: Carsten Standfuss <MerlinSub@t-online.de>
>
> Hi - I spent 2 hours this morning to calculate and add
> all the cost of the project up to today.
>
> The figure is: If the material and labour cost is 100 % than I spent
> exact additional 5 % for tools and additional 5 % for others items.
>
> So if you want to build a doubleseater for 20.000 just add 2000.
> But I think that on smaller boats the tool cost maybe a little
> higher and the other cost maybe a little lower - but at the end
> at least 10 % is a good estimation.
>
> Alec or John or Bill - have you make any cost and tools calculations ?
>
> regards Carsten
>
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From: Alec Smyth <Asmyth@changepoint.com>
>
> I once was out for a lunch break walk in Holland with some colleagues
> from work. Near our office was a canal, and every few hundred yards
> along the canal was a WWII bunker. As we poked around the bunkers, we
> were wondering whether they were built by the Dutch to defend against
> the Germans, or built by the Germans to defend against the Allies. My
> good German friend, with a perfectly straight face, said "It is
> impossible they are German, because if they were German, they would ALL
> BE NUMBERED".
>
> The moral of the story is I'm afraid I'm not that precise with my
> costs... All I know is I sold my Jaguar E-Type (XKE here in the US) in
> 1998, put the money in a separate account for the sub, and have now
> almost spent it. But I'd say the seat of my pants breakdown is like
> this:
>
> - Basic Materials (e.g. steel plate) $5,000
> - Outsourced items (e.g. acrylic window, welding services) $3,000
> - Off the shelf items (e.g. electronics) $5,000
> - Machinery (e.g. lathe) $5,000
>
> Of all these, machinery is the one I mind spending on the least, because
> you get to keep the stuff and use it on the next project. It is one of
> the rare categories where you can truly buy something for a lifetime.
>
> The numbers may seem high, but consider it has taken me 5 years to
> spend. Bottom line is that I'm not particularly wealthy, but I find the
> limiting factor is definitely not the money, it's the lack of time. SOLO
> is being built almost entirely between the hours of 10 PM and 2 AM.
>
> Rgds,
>
> Alec