That sounds pretty reasonable Dan. Although material costs have gone down a
little lately, I remember when steel shot up in price about three years ago,
along with all the metals.
For me, it's not so much the bare cost of a few steel chunks, but all the
other little hidden costs. A box of weld rod, a tank of argon, some stainless
hardware, a bit of machining, and hard to calc things like tanks of gas
running around getting stuff. The list is endless, and my $13K estimate is just
that. I'm sure it's much closer to $20K if I added all the times I grabbed a
little of this or that while at the hardware store for home stuff. I don't mind
though.....following your dreams always comes with a price.
That "kit" looks pretty good, and if I wasn't already on this path, I'd
give it a go. Good luck to who ever gets it. I hope it's a psubber, so we
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