We talk all the time while building our own stuff about how we are amazed that professionals, like you are Steve, can charge enough to turn a profit, and yet not so much that a customer won't pay for it. We all know that sometimes the smallest bracket will take 5 hours to build, and even at $ 40 an hour (which I bet is low in this business), would a customer pay $ 200 for that part?

When that Jimmy Shine show was on TV he made a statement I will never forget. He was telling an apprentice builder, who was working very hard to produce some perfect bracket, "You have to decide what parts will be a 10 and what parts will be ok at a 2."

Every so often, like at a car show, someone will approach us and ask if we could build them a car. We always have to laugh it off saying " Even if we paid ourselves a dollar an hour, I don't think you would want to pay the bill!" My hat is off to you guys who can do it and still make a living.

BTW, that square hole thing is a perfect example of how a little thinking and the most common parts can turn out as something people are in awe of. Nice job.

Don