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Let's napkin that - i've never 3d printed a gun, so I'm deliberately choosing super high estimates: $200 printer, $5 of filament each, 150 prints (high failure
by kennywinker 4y ago
Let's napkin that - i've never 3d printed a gun, so I'm deliberately choosing super high estimates:
$200 printer, $5 of filament each, 150 prints (high failure rate) 20 hours of printing each, 20*150 = 3000 hours of print time (125 days), 125 days of electricity for a 3d printer running at full capacity (idk but let's call it $500 to be safe), three day's drive to utah $100/night + gas (gasbuddy says ~$400) so total $1000
total: $2450
earnings: $21,000
profit less materials/energy costs: $18,550
hourly wage for working 8 hours a day on this for 125 days: $18.55
doesn't sound like he wasted any time or money, and I assume he worked much more like 2-4 hours a day on it which would mean it payed $37-75/hour.
- core-utility 4y ago3D printing is largely "set and forget" too, with occasional monitoring. A remote employee can easily spend less than 20 minutes per day babysitting the printer while going on with their regular life.
- mizzack 4y agoHe printed auto sears. Those can't take more than 15 mins apiece. $21k of "machine guns" fit in a quart ziploc bag. Also 10 years in federal prison if you're caught in possession of one.