Reading these posts, it's hilarious to think back on my 20 years in stainless fabricating. For most of those 20 years I always priced my products fairly based on time and materials. When I quoted a price I stuck with it win or lose and there was rarely any haggling to be done. In the past few years people asked if not demanded a lower price. My standard line was "If your boss asks you to work for less just because he doesn't want to pay as much" would you take it? Then I started getting the line, "well I can buy it from so and so cheaper". So my standard line became "great! do it then". Of course all this took place on my 800 number. Then one day I got this wild hair, "WHY DO I PUT UP WITH THIS CRAP?", My costs were increasing incredibly along with the taxes and the health toll. Then one day about 4 months ago a guy called and wanted an exhaust pipe for his JD. I quoted a fair price and he stated he could get the same thing $10 cheaper from a vendor in a magazine. I stated it probably wasn't stainless but he insisted it was, so I told him to buy it. Turns out it was not stainless, but that set my mind that there is no longer an appreciation for American made quality. So I say go ahead and save $10 and get a tin pipe for your $10,000 dollar tractor restoration. I finally just pulled the plug on the stainless tractor exhaust business. Maybe someday after I get my eyes back, I'll start doing a few custom jobs again. But in the meantime I'll just let everyone save money.
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Today's Featured Article - The Nuts and Bolts of Fasteners - Part 2 - by Curtis Von Fange. In our previous article we discussed capscrews, bolts, and nuts along with their relative hardness and thread sizes. In this segment we will finish up on our fasteners and then work with ways to keep them from loosening up in the field. Capscrews, bolts and nuts are not the only means of holding two parts together. When dealing with thinner metals like sheet tin, a long bolt and
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