<div dir="ltr">Our only consumables are the 3D printer filament and "laser food".<div>3D printer filament we just put a small scale next to the printer and have a "piggy bank" next to that labeled "10 cents per gram". So the money in that bank goes to buying more plastic and any repairs for the printer.</div><div>The laser food we keep one of those long, rubbermaid "under the bed" storage boxes under the laser table and keep it full of sheets of various colors and thicknesses of acrylic, corrogated cardboard, hobby plywood, and cardstock paper. There's a sheet of paper on top with the prices printed out and people just toss their money directly in that rubbermaid tub to go towards more laser food to feed the laser.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, May 11, 2015 at 12:12 PM, Shirley Hicks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:shirley@velochicdesign.com" target="_blank">shirley@velochicdesign.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Good morning from Birmingham, Alabama (US)<br>
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What is everyone using to price their consumables?<br>
What consumables are you pricing out separately, and which are you simply rolling into workspace/lab overhead?<br>
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We're gather high/low data regarding local paper and inkjet/laser supplies, as well as commercial printing charges, and using that to build a pricing model for paper consumables.<br>
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We're also doing the same for our 3D printing ABS spools.<br>
At this point it's rough (a couple of data points for each), but will be good enough for our purposes.<br>
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We're staring with Excel spreadsheets, but are looking to automate both the gathering of the data and the pricing ASAP.<br>
Is anyone using "data scrapers" to gather this, and if so, what are you using?<br>
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Would there be interest for an automated pricing model to make this process easier?<br>
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Shirley Hicks<br>
Red Mountain Makers<br>
Birmingham, AL<br>
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<a href="mailto:shirley@velochicdesign.com">shirley@velochicdesign.com</a><br>
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