[Public-List] Dodger

[Kris Coward via Public-List]

I'd easily believe that the stainless tubing alone could be another
$500, never mind the fittings, the labour to bend it into the correct
shape, and markup. Stainless isn't cheap, it's difficult to machine
(the HSS tooling that works fine on mild steel, bronze, brass, and
aluminum gets dulled by SS within fractions of a second, so cobalt or
carbide tools are necessary--and tool speeds and feed rates *crawl*
compared to other metals), and it's even worse to weld (in fact
stainless for welding is a special sub-grade--low carbon or L--of the
usual grades so that welding doesn't ruin its corrosion resistance,
and speaking of corrosion resistance, that passivization layer that
keeps rust from forming also gets in the way of making a decent weld).

I'd believe that all the figures I've seen so far are totally realistic.

Cheers,
Kris

On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 12:54:53PM -0400, Brian Zinser via Public-List wrote:
> I think it is a little high. I believe you could purchase it for about half
> here in Northern Michigan. I have a quote from a woman who has done a lot of
> work for us and she quoted me about $600-800 for replacing our canvas, price
> depended manly on quality of Eisenglass.  Cannot imagine the minimal
> stainless frame and hardware would be more than another $500.
> 
> Brian Zinser
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> Hello everyone
> I want to have a Dodger made for my boat so I contacted some local companies
> that do such things. (Cleveland,Ohio) I've only received one respond so far
> and they said it starts at $2500.00 and goes up from there depending on the
> upgrades I may choose. I guess I just want to make sure that that price
> lever is reasonable. Grateful for any input.
> Ron 
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