Starter System
$3,500For small fabrication shops that need a cleaner, faster, more reliable way to quote work.
- Custom quote sheet
- Customer and project info section
- Material cost input area
- Labour cost input area
- Basic proposal output
Free fabrication estimating calculator
See what bad quoting may be costing your shop.
Enter five numbers and get a private Baseline Efficiency Report. It shows your possible annual estimating leak, hours you could get back, and the first quoting problems to fix.
25+ Years
real fabrication, estimating, and shop experience
$16M+
fabrication work helped win and price
Free Report
leak score, payback range, and missed-scope checklist
Get your free Baseline Efficiency Report.
This is the one thing to do on this page. Add your shop numbers, enter your email, and get the report with your leak estimate, speed scenarios, and missed-scope checklist.
Experience credibility
Experience behind the calculator
A bad quote does not stay on paper.
It follows the job into the shop, the guys on the floor, the install crew, and the owner when the job is done and the profit is not there.
⚠The customer wants the number fast and the pressure hits.
⚠The quote gets built from an old spreadsheet, copied file, or loose template.
⚠Labour is light, material is missed, install time is guessed, and the shop eats it later.
The real problem is not your crew
Margin usually disappears before the first cut is made. Not because your guys cannot build the job, but because the estimating system was not built tight enough.
The next problem: a tighter estimating process.
You do not need a giant ERP system just to quote better. You need a practical Excel tool built around how your shop already prices, reviews, and hands off work.
✓Built around your labour rates, material categories, install assumptions, and markups.
✓Helps catch the stuff that usually gets missed before the quote goes out.
✓Shows labour, material, consumables, rentals, subcontractors, markup, and margin clearly.
✓Creates cleaner proposal outputs and better job handoff information.
✓One-time custom build. No monthly fee. No subscription. You own the spreadsheet.
After the report, this is what can fix it.
The free report shows the leak. A custom estimating workbook fixes the quoting workflow behind it. Pay once. Own the tool. No monthly ERP subscription.
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Pro System
$7,500For fabrication shops that quote regularly and need a full, interconnected estimating workbook.
- Multi-tab estimating workbook
- Material, labour, rental, and subcontractor tabs
- Scope checklist and quote review
- Margin and markup controls
- One custom calculator module
Premium System
$9,800+For shops that want a complete estimating system from quote request to job floor handoff.
- Advanced visual dashboard
- Multiple custom calculator modules
- Material ordering output
- Job handoff and change order sheets
- Team training included
Low-Risk One-Time Build
The Shop-Floor Ready Guarantee
You are not buying a generic spreadsheet and hoping it works. You are getting a custom estimating workbook built around how your shop actually quotes, plus post-launch refinement so it performs where it matters most: on real jobs, under real pressure.
Pay once. Own it. Get it dialed in.
If something feels clunky, confusing, or incomplete once your team starts using it, I refine, adjust, and tighten the workbook until it fits your real workflow.
Money-back fit guarantee: If the finished workbook cannot perform the agreed core estimating workflow after reasonable refinement, you get your money back.
Built Around Your Shop
Your labour rates, material categories, markups, proposal format, and common job types are built into the workbook from the start.
Refined On Live Jobs
This is not a hand-off-and-hope build. As your team uses it on actual quotes, I help tighten the weak spots and improve the flow.
No Subscription Trap
You pay once and own the spreadsheet. No monthly software fee, no bloated ERP contract, and no vendor holding your quoting system hostage.
First see the leak. Then fix the system that caused it.
Real LinkedIn recommendations
Trusted by people who know Greg's industry work.
These recommendations speak to Greg's metal industry knowledge, business thinking, curiosity, and commitment to helping owners and operators improve.
George Mittias
Investor, Asset Manager, HNWI Advisor
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Greg's passion and vision for the metal and steel industry is refreshing for operators, employees, and stakeholders. He is a champion for impact and results.
LinkedIn recommendation · Worked with Greg on the same team
Michael Sipe
Personal and Professional Development Coach
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Greg is a forever learner who takes the initiative to learn and make things better. I recommend him for his expertise and ability to help companies grow.
LinkedIn recommendation · Professional teacher/mentor
Aaron Marks
Veteran B2B CMO and Founder
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Greg is solidly plugged into his industry. From our interactions, it is clear that he has deep expertise in the metal steel manufacturing space.
LinkedIn recommendation · Industry network
Joe Graci, CEPA
Founder, OwnerDependence.com
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Greg is an innovative, out-of-box thinker who consistently looks for new ways to move the metals industry forward.
LinkedIn recommendation · Business operator and exit advisor
Alvaro Mendoza
Metallurgist and Owner
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Greg has sought a diverse array of voices to represent all aspects of the industry. He very obviously cares about the subject matter and it shows.
LinkedIn recommendation · Metals industry contributor
Odin Zavier
Strategic Growth Advisor
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His insight into the metal industry is vast. Greg is dedicated to helping professionals in the metal industry and wants owners to make more money.
LinkedIn recommendation · Worked with Greg on the same team
Meet the person behind the calculator.
I’m Greg Sheldon. For over 25 years, I have worked in fabrication, estimating, shop leadership, and practical business systems. The calculator is built from the same problem I have seen for years: the job usually loses margin before the first piece hits the shop floor.
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