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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Hi from Illinois, USA]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<div class="quotebox"><cite>roughtyper wrote:</cite><blockquote><p>Shout out to Munich!&nbsp; Die besten bier der welt!</p><p>Prices vary wildly.&nbsp; But I&#039;ve paid $80 for a 3-inch model (with lots of undercuts).</p><p>To be honest, you should figure out how much you value your time at, how many hours you think you&#039;ll get out of your solidoodle, how much filament you&#039;ll use, and how much it costs for you for power, the computer, the extra room in your apartment, etc...don&#039;t forget a profit for your business, you&#039;ll need to buy a new computer and a new solidoodle someday.</p><p>e.g. (1 hour at $20) + (1 hour / 500 hour lifespan of solidoodle = $1) + (100 grams filament = $3.50) + (overhead = $10) + (profit=$10) = $44.50</p><p>I&#039;m pulling those numbers out of my wazoo,&nbsp; (I have no idea yet about the lifespan of the S2, or how quickly it prints).&nbsp; Anyway, those are the types of thing you need to consider.</p><p>If you want to go from the other direction, many of your &quot;competitors&quot; have automated quote systems.&nbsp; Download their quote software, or upload your model...then underbid.&nbsp; &nbsp;The obvious danger is that you may end up not covering your time, expenses, etc.</p></blockquote></div><p>The Solidoodle seems to hold up fairly well. We have had units that have survived 6 months of continuous 50 hour printing weeks. I think this speaks well to the survivability of the printer.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Oct 2012 14:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Hi from Illinois, USA]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Shout out to Munich!&nbsp; Die besten bier der welt!</p><p>Prices vary wildly.&nbsp; But I&#039;ve paid $80 for a 3-inch model (with lots of undercuts).</p><p>To be honest, you should figure out how much you value your time at, how many hours you think you&#039;ll get out of your solidoodle, how much filament you&#039;ll use, and how much it costs for you for power, the computer, the extra room in your apartment, etc...don&#039;t forget a profit for your business, you&#039;ll need to buy a new computer and a new solidoodle someday.</p><p>e.g. (1 hour at $20) + (1 hour / 500 hour lifespan of solidoodle = $1) + (100 grams filament = $3.50) + (overhead = $10) + (profit=$10) = $44.50</p><p>I&#039;m pulling those numbers out of my wazoo,&nbsp; (I have no idea yet about the lifespan of the S2, or how quickly it prints).&nbsp; Anyway, those are the types of thing you need to consider.</p><p>If you want to go from the other direction, many of your &quot;competitors&quot; have automated quote systems.&nbsp; Download their quote software, or upload your model...then underbid.&nbsp; &nbsp;The obvious danger is that you may end up not covering your time, expenses, etc.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 15:15:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Re: Hi from Illinois, USA]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Can you give us some idea of what you have paid for stuff like this in the past? I have a few companies wanting me to make a few parts for them, but I have no basis on how much to charge.</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 06:52:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Hi from Illinois, USA]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[<p>Received mine today!&nbsp; I&#039;m an abstract (mostly) sculptor in Central IL.&nbsp; </p><p>I design on PC and have been paying incredibly expensive jobber services to print maquettes of my work.&nbsp; I&#039;m really looking forward to printing my own!</p>]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:13:44 +0000</pubDate>
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