Cost of Printing With 3D-PO

3D-PO is great and ABS filament is extremely inexpensive to print objects. We buy plastic filament in bulk so you don't have to. Here are our real costs for printing: Natural ABS (off-white) -- $10/lb +S&H Black ABS -- $12/lb +S&H How much you print depends not on the final object volume per-se, but rather on the infill density you use to programmatically control the object's density. So we charge for plastic by weight rather than by size. Here are some cost guidelines for printing objects at Hive76, last updated 2009-09-05. The cost breakdown is roughly inversely proportional to monthly fees: Your first 10 grams printed in Natural ABS -- FREE Printing any parts for Hive76, including more parts for 3D-PO -- FREE Core Membership $0.03/gram, Natural ABS $0.04/gram, Black ABS Basic Membership $0.06/gram, Natural ABS $0.07/gram, Black ABS Lite Membership $0.10/gram, Natural ABS $0.12/gram, Black ABS Non-member $0.12/gram, Natural ABS $0.15/gram, Black ABS We do NOT currently have a reservation system or 3D-PO time-usage guidelines. Please be patient.