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I'm a welder, and the general public doesn't seem to understand why we charge so much for our services. Like, 80% of my work is fit-up, alignment, math, measurements, and work area prep.
All the public sees is "durr, me hot glue metal! All done!" That's exactly what you get with Jim Bob who owns a welder yet has never trained for it. He's cheap, his welds are ugly, and they're likely to fail in the near future.
Just show them some of my work as an amateur just sticking metal together and surely they'll pay for your work.
Like I try to at least measure, do some math, clean it up, and be steady but anybody looking at can know its my day job lol