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Sometimes you get asked to put a bid in for a job that you would really like to do. You do a little research and quickly find out that you cannot bid competitively. When this happens, just holler "uncle" and pass on the job. It makes no sense to take a job you won't make any money on or worse, you will lose money doing it. My point of reference example was for 500, two inch by two inch wood squares, quarter inch thick. Yes, I can make them. Yes, I can use up a LOT of scrap wood and offcuts. Yes, it looked like a great way to dispose of my odd bits that I just can't stand to toss out. My research however shows them at eleven and a half cents each. I can't compete with that. I would be ripping to width, resawing to approximate thickness, planing to finished size, then chop-sawing to size and finallyy, doing some kind of tumble sanding to smooth all surfaces. Yes, I had already figured out HOW I was going to do them. I knew doing one operation at a time was going to give me my best production. The downside was trying to use all my odd bits and pieces to fill the order. That idea shot my actual production to a slow crawl. Sometimes, even when you need the money, you are better to let the job go and look for the ones you can make out on. UNCLE!