| Ceramic cost [message #62202] Sat, 16 February 2013 22:55 UTC |
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Why does it seem as if ceramics are priced on their amount of surface area?
"Hm, I'm so hungry I could eat an entire cow. Gerard, fire up the printer!"
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| Re: Ceramic cost [message #62203 is a reply to message #62202 ] Sat, 16 February 2013 23:00 UTC |
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becouse they are: Price Per cm2: $0.18/cm2 surface area
Only limit is your imagination.
http://www.shapeways.com/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=13879&start=0&
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| Re: Ceramic cost [message #62205 is a reply to message #62203 ] Sat, 16 February 2013 23:25 UTC |
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I guess what I mean to ask is: Why?
"Hm, I'm so hungry I could eat an entire cow. Gerard, fire up the printer!"
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| Re: Ceramic cost [message #62207 is a reply to message #62205 ] Sun, 17 February 2013 00:56 UTC |
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If I was guessing, it's because the expensive part of the process in this case is the glaze, therefore surface area matters more in this case than volume.
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