Quoting Turned and Mill-Turn Parts
The Zenith Quoting Desk quotes turned and mill-turn parts made from bar or tube. You email the print, I price it on your lathes, your mill-turn machines and your rates, check every line, and send back an itemized quote with your logo.
EMAIL YOUR TURNED PART PRINTS TO quotes@zenithquoting.comYour first 10 prints are free while I learn your shop's rates.
Why a turned part is its own kind of quote
On a turned part, the bar decides a lot before the first chip. Which bar or tube size covers the largest diameter with enough left to clean up. How much length each piece really takes once you add facing and the cutoff. What's left at the end of the bar. Get those wrong and the material line is wrong before anyone looks at the run time.
Then comes the cycle: roughing and finishing, grooves, threads, drilling and boring, and whether a cross hole or a flat means live tooling or a second operation. A turned part quote is mostly those decisions, written down as numbers.
What I look at on a turned part print
- Material and condition, and the bar or tube size it calls for
- Overall length, diameters and the tightest tolerances
- Threads, grooves, bores and finish callouts
- Milled features like cross holes, flats and slots
- Notes that call for outside work, like heat treat or plating. If I can't price one, it's flagged on the quote, not left off.
Priced on the machine you'd run it on
Tell me what's on your floor: CNC lathes, Swiss-type lathes, mill-turn centers, bar feeders, and the rate you charge on each. I price each part on the machine you'd actually run it on, at that machine's rate. If you'd run it differently, tell me, and I run the numbers again on the machine you pick.
Every quote shows material, setup, programming, run time and inspection as separate lines, so you can see exactly which number to question. Anything I'm unsure of is flagged on the quote, not hidden.
Here's how it starts: send me a few prints you've already quoted, with the price you sent or your shop rates. I price them on your numbers and send them back side by side, so you see line by line where Zenith matches you and where it doesn't.
What isn't covered
No ITAR or export-controlled prints. Every print is checked for export markings first, and a marked print is held and never sent to an AI service. Parts that aren't turned or mill-turn from bar or tube, like sheet metal or weldments, aren't part of the Desk. If a print falls outside the scope, I'll tell you instead of guessing at it.
What it costs
Your first 10 prints are free while I learn your shop's rates. After that, it's $399 a month for up to 40 prints, plus $10 per extra print. My first five shops lock in $199 a month for 12 months. Nothing costs money unless you agree to it in writing.
Every shop also gets its own login to the Zenith Tool at app.zenithquoting.com. It shows each value read from the print next to the price line it drives, and you can price a part yourself whenever you want to. Using it is optional; email alone works.
Questions shops ask
Straight answers from Malik Carey, who runs the Desk.
Do you quote Swiss-turned parts?
Yes, as long as they're turned or mill-turn parts from bar or tube. Tell me which of your machines you'd run them on and your rates for those machines, and I price them on that. Your first 10 prints are free, so you can see how my numbers hold up on your Swiss work before you pay anything.
Can you quote mill-turn parts with cross holes and flats?
Yes. Mill-turn parts from bar or tube are in scope. Cross holes, flats and other milled features are priced on the machine you'd run them on, whether that's a mill-turn center or a second operation.
Do you quote parts made from tube?
Yes. Parts turned from tube are in scope, the same as parts turned from bar.
What does turned parts quoting cost?
Your first 10 prints are free while I learn your shop's rates. After that, it's $399 a month for up to 40 prints, plus $10 per extra print. My first five shops lock in $199 a month for 12 months. Nothing costs money unless you agree to it in writing.
What don't you quote?
ITAR or export-controlled prints, and parts that aren't turned or mill-turn from bar or tube, like sheet metal or weldments.