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[madrocsz]

3d printer possibilities, hrm, mind just went crazy.

curious, do you know a round about price for  say a 1" cube? Been interested in them but dont see much on printing costs

[Azarkhel]

I'm watching you Wig...

[wiggy]

3D printer you didn't tell me about THAT

You never asked

3d printer possibilities, hrm, mind just went crazy.

curious, do you know a round about price for  say a 1" cube? Been interested in them but dont see much on printing costs

ENDLESS!  Literally!  This will be the single best or absolute worst purchase I've ever made. It'll go one of two ways.  1, I get lots of cool new ideas out to sell and it really helps me speed up my process, or 2, I spend EVERY day just modeling and printing cool shit! LOL!

You want a printed 1x1x1 cube?  I have no idea on price until I have the machine and tack a stab at it.  It will be able to tell me how much material a part will require before I print, and then I can estimate cost.  

I'll probably have to ask again later, but are you looking for hollow or solid, and if hollow, what wall thickness?  That'll make a HUGE difference in price.

I'm watching you Wig...

Also, anyone waiting for PM replies, hang in there.  I am absolutely, positively working at max capacity in every sense on top of having to swap my bedroom and studio space around this week.  Sucks how just moving stuff 20 feet from one room to another can be such a huge ordeal.  Ugh.

[Seymor Onion]

I can think of two ways to make stuff with a 3D Printer.
1. Print parts, then paint them and/or do some light sanding, then sell them.

2. Use 3D Printed Stuff as a basis for making molds out of silicone or ceramic or whatever,
   then use the Molds to duplicate the item using a wide variety of resins, epoxys, and so on.

[komodos]

^ would definitely cut cost to make molds

[wiggy]

Yup, that's exactly what I plan on doing (both methods).  Whether I make molds or not for a part or parts will mostly depend on whether I plan to sell in large enough volume to warrant such (silicone molds have a shelf life, and it ain't that long) or that the parts take well to the casting process.  I already make lots of silicone molds for the replacement buttons and whatnot, and I have a good supply of repro plastics and resin materials here

[madrocsz]

I was just using a 1" cube as sort of a reference, trying to gauge material costs lol. Like if you were to make a reproduction button for a controller I would be curious the actual print/material cost of doing just one

[wiggy]

I'll let you know once I know LOL!  It's about 50 bucks for 2.25 pounds of the ABS or PLA material.  I'm SURE the software will give me a weight estimate or some sort of materials usage estimate.  


sorta feel like I'm overstepping my boundaries with this stuff, so I'm gonna keep info about the Real Exciting Popular Reality Objects to the blog from now on

As always, more to come...

[Azarkhel]

My body (wallet) is ready!

[komodos]

I must have one!

[lumberjoof]

Do want.

[Zeanhaven]

told you wiggy, the wiggy's way is the holy grail hehe, need to make more lmao

[Moviefan2k4]

Very nice. How much would you want for a single gold cartridge shell, no labels or gameboard?

[wiggy]

That's not something I really have time for. 

[oatmeal flavor]

how do i go about acquiring one of these sets