I promise I will stop sometime!
My MKIII and panzer 38t’s
I also printed a water barrel cart.
It has only one wheel as, although I printed two, I hadn’t realised the wheels are stuck together to make a thicker one. It’s a 10 minute job tomorrow so not a worry really. I would have printed an extra pair tonight but I am part way through printing a 15mm Panther.
Pete asked me how much does the printer cost to run, I had heard about the price of a lightbulb, but in reality I honestly don’t know. I tried doing a bit of research, but the internet is so bad tonight, Pages wouldn’t load. One I did manage to see was $370 dollars per year if he ran it 24 hours a day. Others were saying 2 cents per hour. So I think the consensus is pretty much… not that much. Mine has a heated bed normally sitting at 60 degrees, it has 2 fans in the print head and three small electric motors. Plus a fan on the board (similar to a computer fan).
Another site I found worked on an electricity tester and ran a 5 hour print with the total cost of £0.04.
Whatever the actual real cost is2 cents an hour or just under a penny an hour it still is great fun.
My Panther is now half way through…
The tanks look great. Thanks for the info on running costs. It does seem really cheap to run. A printer is looking more and more tempting every day….
Cheers,
Pete.
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They look great!
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