Dumb question... +/- .015 on crankshaft

[Dean Feiock]

When I built my last engine, I had the crank work done by Bullet. They stroked, indexed, added a large radius in the corners, and treated the crank for around $300 if I remember correctly. I'm not sure if they do this any more or their current cost if they do. I think they will even balance in you have the bobweight.

I do know that my local machine shop charges over $100 to turn a crank. I don't see how having a local shop turn your used piece or buying a ready to go out of the box stock crank is saving that much money.

Add to that, I've used some ready to go cranks by companies like Crankshaft supply in my day job. To pull an already prepared crankshaft out of the box to find it's had the journals welded up and then turned....well it's a sickening feeling.