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once every 2 months
if buys areng, must pay 6000 Rp per kampil; would equal 120,000 Rp, so considerably more expensive to buy
nonetheless, buys about 70 kampil a year
his hired worker is his younger brother (adik), and his wife also helps in the perapen
he and his younger brother work from 7:30 - 4:00 every day and his wife works from 9:30 to 3:00 every day
they take about 5 days a month off
buyers pick up their tools from the village, so they don't have to take time off for marketing
use mainly 'per' (spring steel from cars) as raw material
buy per 2 x a month, 12 kilos at a time, @ 400 Rp per kilo
buy it early in the morning, between 7:00 - 9:00 am, before begin other work
they also buy two other types of iron, called 'besi proyek' and 'pelang'

- pelang = plang = gatepost, signpost, railroad crossing gate

buys 15 kg of besi proyek @700 Rp every 1 1/2 months
buys 60 kg of besi pelang from a bengkel every 5 months, and pays 200 Rp a kg
makes the following types of tools: golok, cangkul, pisau dapur, pahat, timpas, serut, sabit, etc.
can make 5 arit a day; for each arit need 1/2 kg pelang, 0.1 kg per and 4 kg areng
can make 3 penampan(?) a day; for three use 1 1/2 kg per, 10 kilos areng
can sell 5 arit for 4000 Rp
can sell 3 penampan for 3000 Rp @ = 9000 Rp
has taken out two loans from BRI:
a. 100,000 Rp loan in 1987, used to buy 50,000 Rp worth of areng, 25,000 Rp worth of per, and 25,000 Rp for food
b. 200,000 Rp loan in 1988, used to buy a grinda for 125,000 Rp, a file for 4000 Rp, buy 7500 Rp worth of iron and pay 50,000 in wages to worker
in one week makes 15 sabit and 9 penampan (penampat?)
takes 1 kg. besi proyek to make 1 pisau kecil (small knife) which sells for 1000 Rp; use up 4 kg. areng making 7 pisau kecil
gross sales 300,000 Rp a month, from which must deduct:
-4000 Rp for 2 kikir used up @ 2000 Rp
-1000 Rp for a grinda stone
-200 Rp for a saw (gergaji)
-35,000 Rp for 10 kampil areng
-75,000 Rp for wages (25 x 3000 Rp)
-1000 Rp for electricity
-cost of wood for handles
-plus cost of 60 kg. peleng iron, 15 kg. per and 5 kg besi proyek formerly gross sales 175,000 a month (see booklet for details of expenditures formerly; also for details of amount spent on files, saws, wood for handles, etc.)
on the labor table, Bernandus lists the younger brother as an unpaid family worker, and the 3 men who help make charcoal as hired workers
total labor hours 3600 per year for the 3 family workers, and only 126 for the charcoal makers, which = 3726; before KUPEDES, i.e. in 1986, labor hours 2376

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