Chess,
I hear you on this, and not everyone is out to make huge profits on everything we do. I have done my share of non-profit work for lots of customers. Yes these things can be done for a very reasonable price but the key word is volume. If you undertake to make these mounts and can get the volume sales then you can have these things churned out by the thousands by Manuel Labor and his cousins in Mexico or off shore in Taiwan where the productions costs are 1/10 of what they are in North America.
On a small scale I dont mind at all doing it for the people that need them, I just won't do it at a loss, if I can cover the costs of production and the CNC mill is not busy on a job, I am happy to do it. Its good practice for our young apprentice, as long as nobody wants them delivered yesterday. It's the one and two piece orders that are costly, well how knows if my business turns slow in other areas maybe I will branch out and start marketing some new products.
Cheers John.
