“Hej, do we have a hook somewhere in the basement? I need it for hanging up a couple of bags.” I replied to my wife that I have no idea but I know there is a 3d printer.
The modeling took me a half an hour. If I charge CHF. 120.00 per hour it will cost CHF. 60.00
Then I checked the printing costs on my #3DHub[1]. Gee, it said CHF. 292.15. Ops, nobody will pay that much!
As a reference I uploaded the model also to Shapeways, where I got an offer for CHF. 95.00 (and add about CHF. 30.00 for customs).
So I ended up reducing my 3dhub qubic centimeter prices from CHF. 5.00 to 2.00 to get a resonable price.
The 3d printer, support options, accuracy, and local economies all make a difference. In my case I’m on a relatively accurate makerbot replicator, but I can’t do any fancy sports.
Charging by model cc seems to be a pretty error prone way to go about bidding. Sometimes I have to tell people a different process is a better way to go.
