Reply to "Charge for Cutter?"

I’m looking at it as a direct cost, expense -  that cannot be recuperated.  I don’t look at anything I do as “profit-making” , because I can’t calculate the exact costs of labor, ingredients and utilities, but I tend to look at a special request for a specific cutter as something that cuts deeply into the money that I collect per order.  Not sure if what I am doing makes much sense, but it is how I have operated for several years.  Would happily seek a better idea - it’s very competitive out there.