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Consumables
Rod, wire, gas, and discs disappear into the job and never hit the bid.
BidWeld
BidWeld
For small welding and fab shops
Most bids are a gut feel for arc time. Overhead, rod, wire, gas, discs, the drive, and setup never make it into the number. Enter those costs once. BidWeld tells you what to charge, then you can save a PDF quote.
Free calculator, no account. A free account keeps 1 quote. Pro is $15/month or $149/year.
What the formula refuses to forget
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Rent, insurance, and the truck payment don't show up in arc time.
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Rod, wire, gas, and discs disappear into the job and never hit the bid.
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The drive and the on-site hour are real labor, even before the hood goes down.
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Fit-up, cleanup, and the first hour of figuring it out belong in the price.
Free calculator
Change the sample costs and watch the ticket. Nothing here is saved. Markup is added to materials, then your profit margin is applied to the whole cost.
Loaded labor $40.96/hr · Overhead $32.00 per crew hour
Job ticket
Sample job — not saved
Six hours, one welder, steel plus consumables.
$32.00/hr × 28% burden × 6 crew hrs
$4,800.00 ÷ 150 billable hrs × 6 crew hrs
$180.00 + 15% markup, then margin
Rod, wire, gas, discs
Included in cost before margin
Price to charge
$862.20
Margin target 20% turns cost into $862.20.
Free is enough to prove the number on one job. Pro is for the shop that sends quotes every week.
$0
Prove the number on one real job.
$15/month
or $149/year — $31 less than paying monthly.
For shops that send quotes every week.