[Lab] mario kart shell

[Jean-Marc LeBlanc]

I have most of the electronics (maybe missing the mini servo) so I
won't be ordering much from them

Jean-Marc Le Blanc
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"Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds




On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:51 AM, Paul & Andrea Mumby
<themumbys at gmail.com> wrote:
> I also recently broke down the electronics costs as well, based on all hobby
> gear from hobbyking (rather than splitting it up as per his electronics
> document) cost is a little more, but more convenience (and it's likely
> overkill for this application). Also some of the parts he calls for in his
> doc are no longer in stock.
> ESC - $25 -
>  http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__14634__Turnigy_TrackStar_1_10th_Scale_60A_Car_ESC.html
> Motor - $13 -
> http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__15185__S2445_3200_Brushless_Inrunner_3200kv_.html
> Battery - $14 -
> http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=8912
> Servo - $3 -
> http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__662__HXT900_9g_1_6kg_12sec_Micro_Servo.html
> Radio - $20 -
> http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/store/__12177__HK_300_3_Channel_2_4ghz_FHSS_Ground_Radio.html
> All in electronics cost: $75 (plus shipping from china)
> I'll be buying at least one set or two. And I know a couple others might be
> interested. So if you like we can do a combine order for parts for a bunch
> of these to save on shipping cost.
> Let me know.
> - Paul
> On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 8:47 AM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Sweet thanks allot for the break down.  I think this means i will be
>> making one of these lol
>>
>> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
>> ---
>>
>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 4:43 PM, Paul & Andrea Mumby <themumbys at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > 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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>> >>>
>> >>> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
>> >>> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>> >>>
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