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A 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

• bakatz91 3y ago
  1. 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)