Post by BRACKETRACER on Mar 9, 2022 20:38:58 GMT -7
I made the original coasters at the request of Mrs. BR, she wanted something to keep the condensation from a cold drink from making water rings on the kitchen table. So, the first ones looked like this with deep grooves to hold the water:
Fairly simple to print, made from PLA, about $6 each.
Then I wanted to make some to go with our home theater, so I made a set to match a recycled Art Deco-style film reel and case that I made into a side table. Single color print, also would run about $6 each.
Side table is not for sale! (Well, probably not, unless you're offering lots of money!) j/k
Then the wife asked me to make a small bridal shower gift for a Cardinals baseball fan. I used the multi-material attachment to make these and the holder:
The MMU sometimes takes a bit of babysitting to turn out a print and it increases the print time substantially, so these would have been more, around $20 each for the coaster and $25 for the holder. I couldn't sell this design since I'm sure it's trademarked and all but just to give you an idea of the possibilities. Maybe you have a race team name you'd like to display? Something like this?
To do one like this it's actually printed in two parts, the logo is done with a smaller (0.25mm) nozzle to get the finer resolution while the coaster itself is made with a nozzle almost twice that size so it doesn't take all day to print one. About $25 each for something this involved.
If the logo has larger details, it can be printed all in one shot with a larger nozzle, I used a 0.4mm nozzle to print the March giveaway coasters in four colors on the MMU. About $20 each for something similar, to get this particular NPWDRL design you will need to win one of the six I sent in for the race!
Fairly simple to print, made from PLA, about $6 each.
Then I wanted to make some to go with our home theater, so I made a set to match a recycled Art Deco-style film reel and case that I made into a side table. Single color print, also would run about $6 each.
Side table is not for sale! (Well, probably not, unless you're offering lots of money!) j/k
Then the wife asked me to make a small bridal shower gift for a Cardinals baseball fan. I used the multi-material attachment to make these and the holder:
The MMU sometimes takes a bit of babysitting to turn out a print and it increases the print time substantially, so these would have been more, around $20 each for the coaster and $25 for the holder. I couldn't sell this design since I'm sure it's trademarked and all but just to give you an idea of the possibilities. Maybe you have a race team name you'd like to display? Something like this?To do one like this it's actually printed in two parts, the logo is done with a smaller (0.25mm) nozzle to get the finer resolution while the coaster itself is made with a nozzle almost twice that size so it doesn't take all day to print one. About $25 each for something this involved.
If the logo has larger details, it can be printed all in one shot with a larger nozzle, I used a 0.4mm nozzle to print the March giveaway coasters in four colors on the MMU. About $20 each for something similar, to get this particular NPWDRL design you will need to win one of the six I sent in for the race!
