cost of machine work?, update on work, 1/13/12 Options

[mandrek]

ok, so im finnally getting over the "hump", and about to do the big order of parts and finnal prep work before getting it back together.

one of the guys here at my local advanced auto is an aprentice for a machinest, i have already given him my head, to get the valve seats re-cut, and the valves to be re-ground to match, as well as surface the head.
for that work he said it woudl be about 2/3'rds of the full rate of $240. (so abouts $160, since he is an aprentice) he said that he would be useing a 5 angle bit on a certi machine. and that the rest was pretty standard.

he also recomended me to the guy who was teaching him for anything els that was not related to head work.
all that i need done is:
*pollish the jernals on the crank
*clean the block
*de-glase, and put a new cross -hatch hone on the cylinder walls.
*check that the deck is flat.
i spoke to the guy and he insisted on "doing it the right way" by first checking the block and "clearing it". said he would mike the cylinders and check that the bore was not out of round, and strait, before doing any work on the hone.
for the block and crank work he quoted me $290

so. with this being my first time getting any kind of machine work done, i have no frame of reference. i did do some shopping around and this guy definatly seems like a perfectionist, and "OK" on price vs the others that are in my area. but with this being the first time i just cant gauge on if that really is a fair price or not....

so. opinions?

This post has been edited by mandrek: Jan 13, 2012 - 4:39 PM

[97lestyousay]

We do prototype work for the ndt (non destructive testing) industry, we build stuff to check for cracks in turbines, pipes, bearings and some x ray equipment. We build complete automated systems and some small (sometimes too small) handheld units. It is intersting work but also high stress. I have worked on things that have 100 machine hours in them, putting the finishing touches on something like that is not always so fun. haha