The Leather Bench

Leather Project Cost

Add material, hardware, labour and other costs for a project.

Tool Operation Area

Build a transparent per-item cost from purchased leather, fittings, supplies, hands-on labour, packaging and allocated overhead. All amounts use one currency.

Worked Example

Leather including allocated waste: 20 currency; Hardware: 8 currency; Consumables: 3 currency; Hands-on labour: 2 hours; Labour rate: 25 currency/hour; Packaging: 2 currency; Allocated overhead (not already counted): 5 currency.

Labour cost: 50.00; Total cost per item: 88.00 currency.

How It Works

  • Labour = hands-on hours × hourly rate.
  • Total = leather + hardware + consumables + labour + packaging + allocated overhead.
materials + labour + packaging + overhead = cost
Schematic diagram of the calculation.

How to Use

  1. 1Use purchased material allocated to the item, including genuine waste.
  2. 2Measure hands-on time separately from unattended waiting.
  3. 3Enter each cost once and carry the total to the selling-price tool.

FAQ

Is the result a selling price?

No. Add fees and your chosen margin separately.

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