Second Shift Estimating
MACHINE SHOP QUOTING DESK

Your quotes, priced
and out by morning.

In most shops, only one person can price the work. That person is also running the shop. We do that estimating work for you: your rates, back in 24 hours, one flat monthly price. You approve everything.

HOW THE DESK WORKS

Three steps. Every time.

1

Email the job tonight. The RFQ, drawing, or a photo of the print. Whatever you have.

2

We price it overnight using your machine rates, your setup times, and your margins. You see every number before you approve.

3

By morning it is in your inbox, ready to send under your letterhead. We remind the buyer until they answer. Spreadsheets never do that.

WHY SHOPS USE A DESK

What it replaces

What it replacesTheir meterYour desk
An estimator's salary$78,740 median, plus benefitsfrom $4,200/yr
The owner's 30 to 60 minutes per quoteunbilled, and lost to the shop that answers firstyours again
Quotes stuck in a spreadsheetno follow-up, no reminderschased until they answer
Software to buy and learn$715+/mo ERPs$0. Nothing to install

Your rules, not ours

Same steps you do by hand. Done by us, at your prices, at email speed. Every price uses your rates, not guesswork.

The 24-hour clock

Jobs in by 2 p.m. your time come back by 2 p.m. the next business day. Starter tier covers 6 RFQs a month; higher tiers cover more.

Hear a price by tomorrow

Start with the intake form, or see the tiers. First file is free so you can judge the work, not the pitch.

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