[Discussion] Cost of 3D printing?

[Ed]

That's wild. So by my calcs, a chess set would cost almost $2.

Now what about the time involved in printing a lot of bits? Would that 
be a major pain, or something that you would want to introduce to a 
trustworthy person to oversee?

Cheers,
Ed


On 09/02/12 07:33, Tolley, Gary wrote:
>  Depends on how large, how solid and how complex each model is.
>
>  Example a chess piece would take approx 20 minutes to print and use
>  up 150mm of filament.
>
>  Skeinforge, the slicing program I use, gives an approx cost of time
>  and filament.
>
>  The raw filament costs ~$38 per 100m
>
>  A simple one off we/I can easily absorb the cost, but for larger
>  jobs, i'll have to adjust accordingly.
>
>  Wear and tear, I chose to build the RepRap 2.0 Mendel Classic for
>  its use of bearings, meaning wear and tear are minimal, just the
>  maintenance cost, of a light oil occasionally
>
>  Cheers
>
>
>  Gary
>
>  -----Original Message----- From:
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>  [mailto:discussion-bounces at tangleball.org.nz] On Behalf Of Ed Sent:
>  Wednesday, 8 February 2012 8:54 p.m. To: Tangleball Subject:
>  [Discussion] Cost of 3D printing?
>
>  Hey Gary, how much would it cost to print something like your skewed
>  gear you've just printed? One of our game developers is looking at
>  making a board game with lots of pieces (80).
>
>  I suppose this may be two questions, one is how much that amount of
>  plastic costs, and secondly how much we would charge friends of
>  tangleball over that, if anything. Wear and tear on the machine would
>  be something to consider too.
>
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