Canadian wood products industries . d Cost be Justified?—Althoughthe Job is Comparatively Simple, no Two Estimates Agree as tothe Amount of Material Required For this issue of the Canadian Woodworker arather simpler job was selected for our cost studypurposes, the idea being to pick out a piece of workthat is more in line with what the average mill is ac-customed to handle. On several occasions our con-tributors to this department, in sending in their fig-ures, asked that we choose a job that was more ordi-nary and which was more like the work that was con-stantly running through their plants.
Canadian wood products industries . d Cost be Justified?—Althoughthe Job is Comparatively Simple, no Two Estimates Agree as tothe Amount of Material Required For this issue of the Canadian Woodworker arather simpler job was selected for our cost studypurposes, the idea being to pick out a piece of workthat is more in line with what the average mill is ac-customed to handle. On several occasions our con-tributors to this department, in sending in their fig-ures, asked that we choose a job that was more ordi-nary and which was more like the work that was con-stantly running through their plants. We felt thatthe pair of garage doors illustrated met these require-ments and consequently, we asked for estimates ofthe net cost of producing these, with results as shownin the accompanying table. It is very interesting tolook over these figures and compare them, for thereseems to be just as big a difference, or possibly more,as in the case of the more intricate jobs which wehave used in some of these cost studies. It was rather. -- Ten millmen figured on this pair of garage doors. As shownin the accompanying table the cost was estimatedto be anywhere from $ to $ expected that with a more standard line, estimatedcosts would show a smaller range of difference andthat within close limits they would be nearly on apar. However, the fact that there is 144% variationbetween the low and high figures, with the otherswell distributed between, indicates that even onstandard lines millmen are not yet well versed in fig-uring costs. Of course, it must be understood thatsome allowances must be made for the difference inconditions at different plants, for the different pricesthey have to pay for their lumber and their labor, etc.,but notwithstanding all this there should not be thelarge discrepancies that have characterized practicallyall of these cost studies. Our contributors to thisdepartment apparently agree with this for we areconstantly being assured by them that they real
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