[Justin Stiltner]

Well part of the rule states
"The total cost(materials plus labor) of a componet that you pay someone else to make"

so I would assume that if you dident pay them, then its not part of the cost.

There are numerous questions like that throuout this years manual... I think in an attempt to make it simpler.. they made it more confusing. I mean its nice that they opend up the additional parts, but I think what we had was just fine, and it was clear cut. I really feel sorry for the rookies this year.. seems like the learning curve is REALLY steep this year.