I feel for you AVB, trying to do this sort of work and trying to explain it to the customer. It is easier for the bigger shops, they don't care they just say to the customer take it of leave it, with your sort of operation it is far more difficult
It because I have been on both sides of this issue. I had that fuss a little at to tell me if I knew how then I should just do it and then told me to leave. So I did both.
As far explaining it to customer it is kinda easy as usually it is their tech that brings the hard to do stuff and they don't ask questions.
Now I just need to design the new puller I need and either make the prototype tool, modify a commercially available one, or get my machine shop neighbor to make the item from my design plans. He is still trying to figure where I got my CAD program from.
Funny he doesn't have a problemwith my designs but of course he making items for SpaceX which is a lot tougher; though, we sometimes have to do redesigns as actually application can be a little than just thinking about it.
