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Show HN: PrintSwarm – crowdsourced 3D printing and local delivery in minutes
Hey HN! I just built PrintSwarm.com, an app that lets you get your 3D models printed by a local printer owner and delivered to you in minutes. Currently just available in NYC. What do you think? The link to the order submission form is here, just fill in the url to the 3d model you'd like to print and tell PrintSwarm where to deliver the completed print: https://printswarm.com https://printswarm.com
Thanks!
- petabytes 3y agoA while ago I had looked into pricing to have all the parts for the open astro tracker printed, and it was pretty cheap if I chose the low quality options. How does this service stack up against the big ones?
- bakatz91 3y ago1. Faster delivery because it's all local and relies on "last mile" logistics companies for delivery instead of fedex/ups/etc (resulting in a shipping time in minutes instead of days - of course print times vary by 3d model and how complex it is, if supports need to be removed, etc) 2. Should be an order of magnitude cheaper than the big ones. I tried a few test orders on some of the big websites and they were quoting insane prices by default, like $100+ for a very small print of a lightbulb 3d model with slow shipping (around a week of lag time). Those big players are likely all paying for expensive warehouses/office space/employees/etc so that likely jacks up the price, whereas this is more of a distributed approach (using existing real estate that printer owners are already living in)
- endigma 3y agoWhere does the crowd sourcing bit come in? Are you planning on moving to something like AirBnB with individuals offering their printers up?