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Thanks a lot for your support. A friend and I looked into the economics, but the lowest company willing to print was around $63. If you know of any services tha

Thanks a lot for your support. A friend and I looked into the economics, but the lowest company willing to print was around $63. If you know of any services that provide 3D printing, I am happy to look into it.

HorizonXP 2y ago
What about these guys? https://www.slant3d.com https://www.slant3d.com
- farslan 2y ago
  I believe they want a minimum order of $1000 and only allow me to print it in a single color. Honestly, providing a physical good is a whole other set of issues with which I have no experience at all.
  - gadders 2y ago
    Just wait 3 months and you'll see someone selling it on Ali Express :-)
  - abtinf 2y ago
    Slant looked at Scott’s design and suggested some changes. You might find it interesting. https://youtu.be/b1RBo7f0Zb0 https://youtu.be/b1RBo7f0Zb0
boustrophedon 2y ago
I haven't downloaded your model but https://www.i-solids.com/ https://www.i-solids.com/ (US-based, FDM and MJF) and https://www.weerg.com/ https://www.weerg.com/ (Italy, mostly MJF ) will both do instant quotes and you might get reasonable prices from them at scale. PCBWay and JLCPCB in China will also do 3d printing at reasonable volume, if you want to get an idea of a baseline price.
- farslan 2y ago
  Thank you, I'll look into it.
- briandoll 2y ago
  I was quoted $73.19 from I-solids, just FYI
doublerebel 2y ago
Competing products such as the Nomad stand, Zen, Courant tray are $100-140. I happily paid for each. The design and high quality materials were worth it to me for the same reasons you wanted this design — it is functional art and doesn’t look out of place next to my other quality items I see and use daily. I could see paying $120 for this dock. I bet this is the kind of thing that would succeed on Kickstarter. Sure, I could print and assemble it myself but that would cost me more than $120 in parts and labor.

3 ms·

Thanks a lot for your support. A friend and I looked into the economics, but the lowest company willing to print was around $63. If you know of any services tha

by farslan 2y ago

HorizonXP 2y ago
What about these guys? https://www.slant3d.com https://www.slant3d.com
- farslan 2y ago
  I believe they want a minimum order of $1000 and only allow me to print it in a single color. Honestly, providing a physical good is a whole other set of issues with which I have no experience at all.
  - gadders 2y ago
    Just wait 3 months and you'll see someone selling it on Ali Express :-)
  - abtinf 2y ago
    Slant looked at Scott’s design and suggested some changes. You might find it interesting. https://youtu.be/b1RBo7f0Zb0 https://youtu.be/b1RBo7f0Zb0
boustrophedon 2y ago
I haven't downloaded your model but https://www.i-solids.com/ https://www.i-solids.com/ (US-based, FDM and MJF) and https://www.weerg.com/ https://www.weerg.com/ (Italy, mostly MJF ) will both do instant quotes and you might get reasonable prices from them at scale. PCBWay and JLCPCB in China will also do 3d printing at reasonable volume, if you want to get an idea of a baseline price.
- farslan 2y ago
  Thank you, I'll look into it.
- briandoll 2y ago
  I was quoted $73.19 from I-solids, just FYI
doublerebel 2y ago
Competing products such as the Nomad stand, Zen, Courant tray are $100-140. I happily paid for each. The design and high quality materials were worth it to me for the same reasons you wanted this design — it is functional art and doesn’t look out of place next to my other quality items I see and use daily. I could see paying $120 for this dock. I bet this is the kind of thing that would succeed on Kickstarter. Sure, I could print and assemble it myself but that would cost me more than $120 in parts and labor.