<div>First let me say, thank you for pointing this thing out to me... I totally want to build one now lol...</div><div><br></div><div>Here are the estimates based on the UP software's print preview function. (which I've found to be very accurate)</div>
<div>Now keep in mind that this is based on printing on an UP, using my current settings (with loose infill). And using ABS.</div><div>You might want to use solid infill for some of these parts for structural strength, luckily it's most likely the smaller parts that need to be solid. Anyway, I've rounded up to the nearest gram on each of these.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Spikes: 21g</div><div>Drive Gear: 3g</div><div>Front Suspension: 7g</div><div>Gear 1&3: 4g</div><div>Gear 2: 6g</div><div>Gearbox Body: 9g</div><div>Gearbox Bracket: 3g</div><div>Gearbox Latch: 2g</div>
<div>Rear Axle Bracket: 4g</div><div>Rear Wheel: 12g x2</div><div>Shell Back A: 65g</div><div>Shell Back B: 64g</div><div>Shell Front A: 51g</div><div>Shell Front B: 51g</div><div>Shell Top A: 27g x2</div><div>Shell Top B: 27g x2</div>
<div>Steering Linkage: 1g</div><div>Wings: 44g</div><div><br></div><div>That comes out to 467g for the whole set.</div><div><br></div><div>I would guess 500g would be a safe bet.</div><div><br></div><div>For the UP, a 750g spool costs about $50 shipped. For a makerbot, ultimaker or reprap, using PLA, a 5lb spool costs about $90 shipped.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So... $33.33 in plastic for the UP method...</div><div>And about $19.85 in plastic for Reprap/makerbot/ultimaker</div><div><br></div><div>That's of course an estimate. Your print software settings can heavily affect the amount of plastic a given part consumes.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Hope that helps.</div><div><br></div><div>- Paul</div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeanmarc.leblanc@gmail.com">jeanmarc.leblanc@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">how much do you think it would cost from the plastic to make these<br>
mario kart shells<br>
<a href="http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2011/08/05/turtle-shell-racer-%E2%80%93-high-power-edition-by-skimbal/" target="_blank">http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2011/08/05/turtle-shell-racer-%E2%80%93-high-power-edition-by-skimbal/</a><br>
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wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds<br>
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