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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wawazat" data-source="post: 3586345" data-attributes="member: 35603">I don't have anything helpful to offer on how to avoid this, but my observation between the great gunsmiths are inline with a great engine builder or great paint and body guy.  I have never had the work completed in the initial quoted timeline.  I just always assume double the quoted time would be fast and 3-4x the quoted time is realistic.  For myself, when it comes to engine assembly, gunsmithing, etc. I have to be in the right headspace to get the work done right.  I can't count how many times I walk out into the garage to do something on the fun car, gather the tools I need on the cart and realize I have too much stuff on my mind to concentrate on the task at hand and put everything back up and go back to the house.  That is why I don't do that kind of work for other people.  It would be prohibitively expensive for my time and entirely unfair to the customer to put up with my OCD on that kind of work.The engine builder for the V was similar to the way I work.  He was going through evaluations for a fire department and would hit me up to let me know he just wasn't in the right place to sit down and work on the engine.  He always was honest about his time and updates on the engine so I didnt worry about it.  Also, I planned on putting the engine through the ringer so I wanted him to be at 100% when he was working on it.  Communication was key to my satisfaction with the amount of time it took him to complete the rotating assembly and block machining.</blockquote>

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