[Lab] mario kart shell

Paul & Andrea Mumby themumbys at gmail.com
Tue Aug 9 16:43:17 EDT 2011


Also note, this assumes no botched parts... If you botch a print, then you
will need to re-print that part. Which can cost a lot of plastic (since the
longer the print, the higher the chance of blowing it, so the largest parts
are the most likely to botch). That said you could print the whole set
without screwing a single part up if your printer is tuned well and working
well. Just pointing this out.

- Paul

On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 4:41 PM, Paul & Andrea Mumby <themumbys at gmail.com>wrote:

> First let me say, thank you for pointing this thing out to me... I totally
> want to build one now lol...
>
> Here are the estimates based on the UP software's print preview function.
> (which I've found to be very accurate)
> Now keep in mind that this is based on printing on an UP, using my current
> settings (with loose infill). And using ABS.
> 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.
>
> Spikes: 21g
> Drive Gear: 3g
> Front Suspension: 7g
> Gear 1&3: 4g
> Gear 2: 6g
> Gearbox Body: 9g
> Gearbox Bracket: 3g
> Gearbox Latch: 2g
> Rear Axle Bracket: 4g
> Rear Wheel: 12g x2
> Shell Back A: 65g
> Shell Back B: 64g
> Shell Front A: 51g
> Shell Front B: 51g
> Shell Top A: 27g x2
> Shell Top B: 27g x2
> Steering Linkage: 1g
> Wings: 44g
>
> That comes out to 467g for the whole set.
>
> I would guess 500g would be a safe bet.
>
> 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.
>
> So... $33.33 in plastic for the UP method...
> And about $19.85 in plastic for Reprap/makerbot/ultimaker
>
> That's of course an estimate. Your print software settings can heavily
> affect the amount of plastic a given part consumes.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> - Paul
>
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 4:04 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <
> jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> how much do you think it would cost from the plastic to make these
>> mario kart shells
>>
>> http://www.makerbot.com/blog/2011/08/05/turtle-shell-racer-%E2%80%93-high-power-edition-by-skimbal/
>>
>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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