The high-end 3D printer is priced per cubic inch of material used (not volume of part, most parts are 60% or less densely packed). For nonmembers we'll print things for $12/cubic inch of material, members who have taken a training class ($75) may print for $7.50 per cubic inch. Crossover volume is about 17 cubic inches of parts.<div>
<br></div><div>I'll have to check if there's some intermediate price for members who have not taken the class and want someone to print things for you; if not, I would print things for $10/cubic inch for Artisan's Asylum members who do not have printer training.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The MakerBot is finicky about what it will print, and not always up and running (I like to mess with it, I don't care about making things I just like playing with the printer design), but when it's running you can print for $1 for a small print, $3 for a medium sized print, $5 for a large print. S/M/L is roughly 1/4/9 cubic inches of part volume. Double the prices if you want a solid fill instead of the default.</div>
<div><br></div><div>A 4x8 1" sheet of aluminum is 4 or 5 grand (varies wildly), it's also just shy of 500 pounds of aluminum - 1/6 of the weight of my car. :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Note on membership: It is perfectly fine to get a membership for a month, do a bunch of stuff, let it lapse, and then 6 months later get a membership again for just one month....so you can save up projects.</div>
<div><br clear="all"><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><b><b><div><span style="font-weight:normal"><b><b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:x-small">Drew Van Zandt</span></span></b></b></span></div>
<div><span style="font-weight:normal"><b><b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:x-small"><span style="font-family:arial">Artisan's Asylum Craft Lead, Electronics & Robotics</span><br>Cam # US2010035593 (</span></span></b></b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:x-small">M:</span></span><b><b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:x-small">Liam Hopkins </span></span></b></b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:x-small">R:</span></span><b><b><span style="font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:x-small"> Bastian Rotgeld)<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 6, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Tom Metro <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tmetro%2Bhhacking@gmail.com">tmetro+hhacking@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Drew Van Zandt wrote:<br>
> Artisan's Asylum has both a MakerBot (~$1200 3D printer from a kit) and<br>
> a uPrint SE Plus (~$400/month lease).<br>
<br>
Fantastic.<br>
<br>
<br>
> Yes, expensive tools like that are hard to afford on your own. If<br>
> only there were some sort of organization you could join for<br>
> $40 - $125 a month that had some of these expensive tools and<br>
> kept acquiring more. ;-)<br>
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Is use of the 3D printers covered by AA's day price?<br>
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How do you charge for materials?<br>
<br>
<br>
> The CNC aluminum router that can handle a 4'x8' sheet of 1" aluminum<br>
> should be coming online in a month or two...<br>
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Now we're talking... :-)<br>
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What's a 4' x 8' x 1" sheet of aluminum cost? Tiny pieces cost a<br>
fortune at the hardware store.<br>
<br>
You guys are amassing a really nice collection of toys. I wish I spent<br>
enough time on projects to justify a membership. Tempting.<br>
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-Tom<br>
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