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98A Sunlu TPU silk with a 0.6MM nozzle.

I have it running through my AMS, telling bambu studio that it is Bambu TPU for AMS

Its basically perfect. No defects at all

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i used the exact same stuff for some wheels.
 
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Welp my eldest got admitted to CHOP in philly. guess in my down time i'll be roaming the hallways trying to find the mobility offices.

time to print a bunch of minis.
 
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Welp my eldest got admitted to CHOP in philly. guess in my down time i'll be roaming the hallways trying to find the mobility offices.

time to print a bunch of minis.
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Sending good thoughts your way.....
 
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Very nice! We have been referencing the SW assembly model we built to make sure we had everything correct (there are a few things that we converted from step files, as they weren't in sldprt format)

One note of feedback from my students was a request to "re-order" the plates so it matched the PDF instructions. Instead of L/R back to back for the same part, listing Wing/Wheel/Storage/Handle for one side, then the other side (matching PDF). If you could also add "numbering" to the plate names to match (numbered by instruction step), that would be helpful as well.
 
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Very nice! We have been referencing the SW assembly model we built to make sure we had everything correct (there are a few things that we converted from step files, as they weren't in sldprt format)

One note of feedback from my students was a request to "re-order" the plates so it matched the PDF instructions. Instead of L/R back to back for the same part, listing Wing/Wheel/Storage/Handle for one side, then the other side (matching PDF). If you could also add "numbering" to the plate names to match (numbered by instruction step), that would be helpful as well.
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ill bring it up in design.
 
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Interesting thread. Overall, what’s the realistic time to print a chair, and the hard dollar cost? I guess that would be filament and purchased hardware.
 
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Interesting thread. Overall, what’s the realistic time to print a chair, and the hard dollar cost? I guess that would be filament and purchased hardware.
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350 print hours.

i have kits coming to market where the total cost is $100 plus shipping for raw material. including hardware.
 
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My first was 350 but switching from generic to bambu profiles reduced it a ton, and switching to 0.6mm nozzles helped a little.

I think I'm closer to 250 now

Before the kits, $50ish for hardware, 9kg of Petg ($90ish) and 2kg of TPU ($40ish)

And this can all be done on an inexpensive bambu A1 or other 256 cubed printer. The print profiles are all setup
 
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If one wished to print a chair for this undertaking, what turnaround time are you realistically expecting? I don't run my printer 24/7 because I just don't feel the need to print trinkets for myself, but this is a very worthy cause. I've got a P1S with AMS 2 Pro on top.
 
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If one wished to print a chair for this undertaking, what turnaround time are you realistically expecting? I don't run my printer 24/7 because I just don't feel the need to print trinkets for myself, but this is a very worthy cause. I've got a P1S with AMS 2 Pro on top.
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If you get a 0.6mm nozzle and good Petg, you can do it in 250ish hrs of print time. Most of the plates are in the 7-9 hr range.

With one printer and two plates a day, you'd be looking at about 2 weeks
 
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If you get a 0.6mm nozzle and good Petg, you can do it in 250ish hrs of print time. Most of the plates are in the 7-9 hr range.

With one printer and two plates a day, you'd be looking at about 2 weeks
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Wow, that's a pretty busy printer, but sounds doable if I double up on my days off. I just didn't want to commit to something that I'd be hard pressed to finish in a reasonable amount of time (6 weeks seems doable as I print stuff for myself/kids for fun and use as well). What brands are considered "good"? I've bought SUNLU and Bambu branded PETG. SUNLU works nicely, but I know @jeepxj has filament as well.
 
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Model A Fan said:
Wow, that's a pretty busy printer, but sounds doable if I double up on my days off. I just didn't want to commit to something that I'd be hard pressed to finish in a reasonable amount of time (6 weeks seems doable as I print stuff for myself/kids for fun and use as well).
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My approach has been to make chairs and then find homes. There are enough kids looking for them around me, plus all the physical therapists that would love to get their hands on one
 
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Model A Fan said:
Wow, that's a pretty busy printer, but sounds doable if I double up on my days off. I just didn't want to commit to something that I'd be hard pressed to finish in a reasonable amount of time (6 weeks seems doable as I print stuff for myself/kids for fun and use as well). What brands are considered "good"? I've bought SUNLU and Bambu branded PETG. SUNLU works nicely, but I know @jeepxj has filament as well.
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ya know what. hang on a minute lemme get some stats. im curious now.
 
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Model A Fan said:
Wow, that's a pretty busy printer, but sounds doable if I double up on my days off. I just didn't want to commit to something that I'd be hard pressed to finish in a reasonable amount of time (6 weeks seems doable as I print stuff for myself/kids for fun and use as well). What brands are considered "good"? I've bought SUNLU and Bambu branded PETG. SUNLU works nicely, but I know @jeepxj has filament as well.
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I dont think these are accurate but im exhausted. ill work on it more later. but generally speaking faster than i thought. claim to delivery pipeline right at 20 days. the waiting stats are hard cause we imported a spreadsheet of old requests in that were out there for a long long time.
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If you are looking for an excuse to justify buying a printer, you will be justified by building just one of these.

Build several and you can claim to have done something good for society.
 
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