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Bricked Labs

Free CNC shop tool

CNC Shop Rate + Quote Sanity Calculator

Free tool for small CNC shops to sanity-check shop rate, setup time, run time, material, outside services, markup, and quantity breaks.

How to use this

  1. 1Check your shop rate using overhead and billable hours.
  2. 2Enter setup time, run time, material, and job costs.
  3. 3Compare per-part pricing across quantity breaks.

What this checks

  • Shop rate
  • Setup time
  • Run time
  • Material cost
  • Outside services
  • Markup
  • Quantity breaks

What this does not replace

  • Your real quoting process
  • Tolerance and risk judgment
  • Inspection requirements
  • Material cert requirements
  • Customer-specific pricing
  • Final owner review

This is a generic sanity-check tool. Every shop quotes differently.

Shop rate helperWhat should my hourly rate be?+

Monthly cost

$10,800

Effective hours

120.0 hrs

Minimum rate

$90.00/hr

Quote inputs

Price the job, not the wish.

Quantity breaks

Per-part changes when the fixed costs spread out.

Setup, tooling, outside services, and inspection/admin are amortized across quantity.

Selected quantity: 25

Breakdown

For estimating and sanity-checking only. Verify pricing with your own shop process.

Setup cost

$142.50

Run cost

$475.00

Material cost

$212.50

Tooling cost

$75.00

Outside services

$0.00

Inspection/admin

$25.00

Total estimated cost

$930.00

Markup amount

$279.00

Calculated quote total

$1,209.00

Calculated per-part price

$48.36

Manual quoted total

Not entered

Estimated gross profit

$279.00

Estimated gross profit %

23.1%

Free tool by Bricked Labs LLC · Mesa / East Valley, AZ · Practical software for businesses that actually do work.