Thanks Joe, your Repair Labor Guide is a tremendous help in pricing out jobs. Thanks, Rick Ucci Uccipiano.com On Feb 4, 2012, at 7:26 PM, "Joseph Garrett" <joegarrett at earthlink.net> wrote: > Rick Ucci said: > "List, > Joe G has 5hrs. as the amount of time to replace a set. Seems like it could > be don faster. Is he including regulating the new ones?" > > Rick, > I wish, several things<G>: 1. When quoting my "Repair Labor Guide", please > refer to it as such.(Even Randy, who is the Publisher, refers to it as the > "G Works"! grrr!<G>) 2. Read the introduction, as it explains what the > times REALLY mean. 3. It is possible to do faster times, but...are you as > thorough as I am??<G> > FYI, I am, as we speak, replacing,( swapping), a set of standard knuckles, > (Renner), with their smaller one. So far, I've put in about 2 hours and am > only about 1/2 way done.<G> Of course, we all have our favorite ways of > doing things. I like to get it right, the first time, since these are all > new parts and I damned sure don't want to damage any of them, in the > process of doing this operation! The parts are a bit pricey.<G> (Especially > since I am cannibalizing/modifying to make it all work on a Chickering 1/4 > Grand. You know, the one with the really funky Brass Flanges!<G> I have > found something that will match the original stuff, however. Gosh, I'm > having fun.<G> > Just my take on it. > Thanks, > Joe > > Joe Garrett, R.P.T. > Captain of the Tool Police > Squares R I >
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