Cost of 3D printing

Hardware Multirotors
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I thought I would have a go at printing this excellent looking Tri created by Adrian over on DIYD main

diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/3d- … to-reality

My jaw somewhat dropped when my local printing house here in South Africa wanted more than $500 to print it. Is that an outrageous number or in the right ball park?

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Gary,
For that money( may be little more) you can buy the tri frame( why print if it is molded some where) I think :slight_smile:.

cheers
Morli

[quote=“GaryMortimer”]

I thought I would have a go at printing this excellent looking Tri created by Adrian over on DIYD main

diydrones.com/profiles/blogs/3d- … to-reality

My jaw somewhat dropped when my local printing house here in South Africa wanted more than $500 to print it. Is that an outrageous number or in the right ball park?[/quote]

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Yeah 3D printing is always more expensive. I have a FDM 3D printer and I’d rather buy standard carbon fiber frames and print just custom parts. The best for my economy.

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I thought it would be a cool thing to try but have backed down quickly! Completely agree with buying in a frame, I have made wooden hexa’s and then G10 versions in the past.

Buying in some expensive whiskey and carving some frames in front of the fire might be a better way of spending that $500 :wink:

No doubt it will become cheaper before too long.