Just wondering if you have a machine replacement cost figured into the price of your pieces. One of the fellows I watch factor in that the machines that we are and as hard as we are running them says 2 years. So an A1 with AMS lite say they were 730$ so a dollar a day for 2 years replaces that machine. I know it sounds trivial but when you are running 10 or 20 machines it adds up. It’s my mother telling me that in the back of my head, I’m 62 and she is 85 just to know where the old reference look after your penny’s and they will soon turn into dollars. Lol
On the Sovol, tighten the extruder gear down a tiny bit so that its clamping down on the filament more. It shouldnt impact your priniting at all but will pull the filament with more reliability. Another thing you can do is snip the bent bit of the filament off OR bend it straight from inside the roll core.
Some uhauls hubs have a large selection of heavy box sizes if you're in a major-metro and are returnable if not used. Amortizing printer costs would add a few bucks to the multi-day prints, but maybe a wash on high-value items. Would you rather sell and ship 22 hornets nests or one T-Rex at $200 profit? But at the same time, many rich people only like to buy when the cost is unreasonable and exclusive.
For your first bring print with the giga, that deal looks amazing! Impressed with it staying on the build plate with so little purchase as well. Earlier video you made the dababy Walmart comment, Our snowboard trips begin and end at sugar mountain! In banner elk as I type this. Beautiful place! Keep it up brother man, look forward to your videos!
I've used Pirate ship before and my experience has been they are the same price as everyone else unless your package falls into the USPS Cubic rates. Max on any dimension would be 18" to qualify and under 20 lbs. Not sure what the nest dimensions are but might be worth looking in to designing one around that size, but then again might defeat the purpose of the product and you're probably looking at $3-4, max savings.
I've enjoyed watching the progress of your experiment. I'm sure other have said this already but there are filament suppliers that sell 5 and 10Kg spools. I think they would be worth the trouble. The filament tangle sensor is an easy add if there are additional sensor ports on the board. Just a few lines added to your Klipper config file to make it work, I just purchased the QIDI Plus4 and it is already equipped with tangle and runout sensors. It's a great enclosed, high temperature printer if you are ever interested in printing with engineering grade filaments.
I pay a lot more for electricity than you do and I also price high for my time as well. Hey glad to see your Giga is making decent prints! Right now I have two A1’s with AMS Lite units hooked up. One works fine. One AMS Lite continuously prompts to check the extruder/ spool. I hit try again and works fine. Dunno if you’ve had that sort of drama from these things?
Congrats on 2K subs. I think $1,000 is probably high, but obviously you have to make a good profit. Any print failures add a lot to the average cost in the future too.
I think you are missing some costs on on your spot check calculator. Are you factoring in any overhead costs? Costs to purchase, run, and maintain printers? What about paying yourself? Real estate costs?
How about my homeowner's insurance premium divided by the square footage taken up by the printers? What about the associated cooling costs from my HVAC units due to the heat of the printers? Where do you stop? IMO, thats something done at the upper PL level. Unless you're amazon you aren't factoring such things down to the unit If it helps though, i'll add $1
@@TechnicalsTinkers I disagree. If I got your math right, you only factored the cost of running the print and shipping it. If you (hopefully?) get enough orders to keep the giga running 24/7, you will need to invest in more capacity and factor in maintenance, service and people time to have a sustainable business. I guess it can be drilled down to "running cost per hour" for each printer, factoring in cost of a printer, expected lifespan, print failure rate, material, parts and power. Add a minimum profit margin and cost of shipping to that. Ultimately - also the cost of workspace, storage and such, but that is probably not super important right now. Another few things I would ask myself: How many printers will I be able to keep running single handedly? Can I optimize the workflow to save time? Can I optimize the design to improve print reliability and reduce the need for supports, brims and any kind of post processing? Can I speed up the printers to increase output or lower response time (and the need to keep stock). Will I offer custom print jobs or only pre-selected models?
I have a large print farm of a few dozen Bambu and I absolutely calculate all that in but I also have an internal app to track it all. Electric, every 3000 hrs a printer should replace itself basically as well for MX costs. Man hours are built in for assembly. Packaging is built in also. All very valuable details to cover in a competitive market.
@@Haxzyr I think it depends on perspective. As he states in the beginning of every video - he is in learning/exploration mode. ...and even for someone who successfully has launched other businesses - there is a lot to explore and learn when you move to a new type of business. It's always possible to do something better. But timing plays a role too. Manhours and workflows don't play much of a role if you have just a handful of printers and ship a low number of parcels each day/week. As you scale up, those things start to play a more significant role.
Are there any thoughts to how this would be mounted to a wall? I don't think putting screws in the back would work since it's only a couple of walls and infill. It's a cantilevered design with the weight hanging straight out. Mounting features would have to be reinforced and designed into it. Same for the Rhino. PLA will deform in a warm room if there's any stress on the parts. I printed some speaker mounts and in 90 heat, they started to deform after a couple of months (I'm in NY and it's not even considered a hot state). Printed them again in ABS and they've held up fine.
The rhino i put a negative in the back to put in a bracket that screws in. The trex skull i dont think is really meant to go on a wall. it's 24" wide. would really stick out too far.
I got the anti tangle cause the elegoo and gretech spools have the hook end. Had it for a couple days now and it caught both times the hook blocked - so far so good
Have you tried bigger spools? Here in Germany im buying 10kg Spools from Extrudr, with super Sale and after tax its 12 Eur per Kg. With those Spools you rarely have to worry about running out of Filament. I have heared, that in the US you can also buy 25 kg spools...
Get the turkey out of the bin and on etsy ! - have you considered doing a lowish mount for the dino - just to get it raised up a bit so you don't have to handle it while looking around it.
There are some folks out there who have put together full on spreadsheets to calculate what should be charged based on not just the filament, but power consumption, time, etc. May be worth checking that out and then bump your price accordingly. Just as a sanity check, that is...
Addressing that in tomorrow's vid. IMO, you have to have a cutoff point. What about the hvac cost to offset the heat from the printers? Is it worth going that far? IMO no, but to some, sure.
Hey Technicals, you might want to print those Nests out of PETG not PLA depending on climate as PLA wont last very long in Warmer Climates. Or maybe you a genius and they will have to come back and buy another one.....hmmmmm
Just wondering if you have a machine replacement cost figured into the price of your pieces. One of the fellows I watch factor in that the machines that we are and as hard as we are running them says 2 years. So an A1 with AMS lite say they were 730$ so a dollar a day for 2 years replaces that machine. I know it sounds trivial but when you are running 10 or 20 machines it adds up. It’s my mother telling me that in the back of my head, I’m 62 and she is 85 just to know where the old reference look after your penny’s and they will soon turn into dollars. Lol
On the Sovol, tighten the extruder gear down a tiny bit so that its clamping down on the filament more. It shouldnt impact your priniting at all but will pull the filament with more reliability. Another thing you can do is snip the bent bit of the filament off OR bend it straight from inside the roll core.
Some uhauls hubs have a large selection of heavy box sizes if you're in a major-metro and are returnable if not used. Amortizing printer costs would add a few bucks to the multi-day prints, but maybe a wash on high-value items.
Would you rather sell and ship 22 hornets nests or one T-Rex at $200 profit? But at the same time, many rich people only like to buy when the cost is unreasonable and exclusive.
For your first bring print with the giga, that deal looks amazing! Impressed with it staying on the build plate with so little purchase as well. Earlier video you made the dababy Walmart comment, Our snowboard trips begin and end at sugar mountain! In banner elk as I type this. Beautiful place! Keep it up brother man, look forward to your videos!
Beautiful up there. I did a very short bid at App State and sugar was the spot. Don't be careful and have fun dude.
SWING FOR THE FENCES, who else can print these things!
I've used Pirate ship before and my experience has been they are the same price as everyone else unless your package falls into the USPS Cubic rates. Max on any dimension would be 18" to qualify and under 20 lbs. Not sure what the nest dimensions are but might be worth looking in to designing one around that size, but then again might defeat the purpose of the product and you're probably looking at $3-4, max savings.
I've enjoyed watching the progress of your experiment. I'm sure other have said this already but there are filament suppliers that sell 5 and 10Kg spools. I think they would be worth the trouble. The filament tangle sensor is an easy add if there are additional sensor ports on the board. Just a few lines added to your Klipper config file to make it work, I just purchased the QIDI Plus4 and it is already equipped with tangle and runout sensors. It's a great enclosed, high temperature printer if you are ever interested in printing with engineering grade filaments.
I pay a lot more for electricity than you do and I also price high for my time as well. Hey glad to see your Giga is making decent prints! Right now I have two A1’s with AMS Lite units hooked up. One works fine. One AMS Lite continuously prompts to check the extruder/ spool. I hit try again and works fine. Dunno if you’ve had that sort of drama from these things?
Congrats on 2K subs. I think $1,000 is probably high, but obviously you have to make a good profit. Any print failures add a lot to the average cost in the future too.
That T-Rex is awesome, list it high, you can always negotiate, great looking model.
I plan to!
Been catching your sneaky comedy latley haha. good shit mate lol
The bigger the channel gets, the more I can be myself. I guess anyway lmao
I think you are missing some costs on on your spot check calculator. Are you factoring in any overhead costs? Costs to purchase, run, and maintain printers? What about paying yourself? Real estate costs?
How about my homeowner's insurance premium divided by the square footage taken up by the printers?
What about the associated cooling costs from my HVAC units due to the heat of the printers?
Where do you stop?
IMO, thats something done at the upper PL level.
Unless you're amazon you aren't factoring such things down to the unit
If it helps though, i'll add $1
@@TechnicalsTinkers I disagree. If I got your math right, you only factored the cost of running the print and shipping it.
If you (hopefully?) get enough orders to keep the giga running 24/7, you will need to invest in more capacity and factor in maintenance, service and people time to have a sustainable business.
I guess it can be drilled down to "running cost per hour" for each printer, factoring in cost of a printer, expected lifespan, print failure rate, material, parts and power.
Add a minimum profit margin and cost of shipping to that.
Ultimately - also the cost of workspace, storage and such, but that is probably not super important right now.
Another few things I would ask myself:
How many printers will I be able to keep running single handedly?
Can I optimize the workflow to save time?
Can I optimize the design to improve print reliability and reduce the need for supports, brims and any kind of post processing?
Can I speed up the printers to increase output or lower response time (and the need to keep stock).
Will I offer custom print jobs or only pre-selected models?
Jeez TT is getting it!!!
I have a large print farm of a few dozen Bambu and I absolutely calculate all that in but I also have an internal app to track it all. Electric, every 3000 hrs a printer should replace itself basically as well for MX costs. Man hours are built in for assembly. Packaging is built in also. All very valuable details to cover in a competitive market.
@@Haxzyr I think it depends on perspective. As he states in the beginning of every video - he is in learning/exploration mode.
...and even for someone who successfully has launched other businesses - there is a lot to explore and learn when you move to a new type of business.
It's always possible to do something better.
But timing plays a role too.
Manhours and workflows don't play much of a role if you have just a handful of printers and ship a low number of parcels each day/week.
As you scale up, those things start to play a more significant role.
Are there any thoughts to how this would be mounted to a wall? I don't think putting screws in the back would work since it's only a couple of walls and infill. It's a cantilevered design with the weight hanging straight out. Mounting features would have to be reinforced and designed into it. Same for the Rhino. PLA will deform in a warm room if there's any stress on the parts. I printed some speaker mounts and in 90 heat, they started to deform after a couple of months (I'm in NY and it's not even considered a hot state). Printed them again in ABS and they've held up fine.
The rhino i put a negative in the back to put in a bracket that screws in. The trex skull i dont think is really meant to go on a wall. it's 24" wide. would really stick out too far.
I got the anti tangle cause the elegoo and gretech spools have the hook end. Had it for a couple days now and it caught both times the hook blocked - so far so good
Have you tried bigger spools? Here in Germany im buying 10kg Spools from Extrudr, with super Sale and after tax its 12 Eur per Kg. With those Spools you rarely have to worry about running out of Filament. I have heared, that in the US you can also buy 25 kg spools...
Looking currently. I reached out to tangled but no reply. I might just start going with elegoo 5kg spools
@@TechnicalsTinkers i have recently tried sunlu Petg, via aliexpress it was just 6.53 Eur per Kg without VAT. That's also working quite well.
Does the link work with UK elelgoo ?
It should be universal, if you don't mind, lmk if it doesn't! i'm on discord and twitter
Get the turkey out of the bin and on etsy ! - have you considered doing a lowish mount for the dino - just to get it raised up a bit so you don't have to handle it while looking around it.
Great idea
There are some folks out there who have put together full on spreadsheets to calculate what should be charged based on not just the filament, but power consumption, time, etc. May be worth checking that out and then bump your price accordingly. Just as a sanity check, that is...
Addressing that in tomorrow's vid. IMO, you have to have a cutoff point. What about the hvac cost to offset the heat from the printers? Is it worth going that far? IMO no, but to some, sure.
Congratulations on that print, all the best on packaging. Do feel a little left out on your prizes not being in US of A
Wym? My prizes being in US? They're only US
@ unfortunately following from South Africa
Hey Technicals, you might want to print those Nests out of PETG not PLA depending on climate as PLA wont last very long in Warmer Climates. Or maybe you a genius and they will have to come back and buy another one.....hmmmmm
Fine idea! I'll source some grey petg
Nice print.
Also, you could sell it a couple of thousand times, resourcing a building to bury objects in sand like this for kids to have fun..
Or my neighbor's back yard for a hellacious prank
I need a giant t rex head shaped chair
felt like you couldve sold that thanksgiving turkey for sure.
Maybe in 2025 lol
GM TT PEOPLE
Damn 7 cents per kwh, I pay 3-4 times that in Germany
Poor turkey, man did his job and still got mistreated.
Right lol, where is his presidential pardon!
2k sub soon!