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<blockquote data-quote="8x68s" data-source="post: 2728593" data-attributes="member: 109828"><p>My local is a really well educated, experienced smith and very good as a general service guy. Problem?? He's absolutely swamped,... always. His biggest complaint? People want to save everything and anything. There just aren't parts for "everything" any more and the cost to fabricate them makes doing that kind of work untenable. Not speaking directly to your situation when I say that one needs to consider what they've got as to whether or not a smith might even consider taking it on. Because they are becoming a rare bird, the multi-purpose guys are overburdened and to keep their <strong><u>regular</u></strong> customers happy they have to refuse the odd, the unknown and the irreplaceable. I have three builds in two shops with recent & modern components and I'm going to be waiting a year to a year and a half to see a finished product.</p><p>End of personal experience... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite5" alt=":confused:" title="Confused :confused:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":confused:" /> <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll Eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="8x68s, post: 2728593, member: 109828"] My local is a really well educated, experienced smith and very good as a general service guy. Problem?? He's absolutely swamped,... always. His biggest complaint? People want to save everything and anything. There just aren't parts for "everything" any more and the cost to fabricate them makes doing that kind of work untenable. Not speaking directly to your situation when I say that one needs to consider what they've got as to whether or not a smith might even consider taking it on. Because they are becoming a rare bird, the multi-purpose guys are overburdened and to keep their [B][U]regular[/U][/B] customers happy they have to refuse the odd, the unknown and the irreplaceable. I have three builds in two shops with recent & modern components and I'm going to be waiting a year to a year and a half to see a finished product. End of personal experience... :confused: :rolleyes: [/QUOTE]
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