[Reseller] Super cheap 3d printing services @ R10 per hour

[Dropforg3d]

Hey y'all!

We have had a great first 6 months on Carbonite and we have renewed for another year! We would like to thank everybody who has made use of our services and made this trial a success. We have gone from ZERO to 34 (THIRTY FOUR) ratings in a relatively short span of time and we want to do even better. There is unfortunately some bad news as well. The year is 2024 and the cost of living has risen to the point where even your side hustles need side hustles and as a result we have to increase our costs as well.

After thinking long and hard we have decided to increase our prices to a rate of R10 per hour. This price includes the filament/plastic (all the basics: PLA, PETG, ABS, SBS). THERE IS NO SETUP FEES OR OTHER HIDDEN COSTS.
This rate is (still) about half if not less than what most others charge. Some charge up to R50 per hour but obviously they print with filament made from Mammoth Ivory.

Please compare our prices to some of the other printing services. We are confident that our prices are VERY competitive and that our quality is also right up there with the best.

If you have made use of our services and you are happy, please feel free to comment on this thread and show people what we made for you.
If we have wronged you or disappointed you in any way, please also comment here and we will do our utmost to turn that frown upside down.

We will periodically post pics here of stuff we have made.

As a reminder, this account is being managed by @Xormac and @eyesuc.

 

[Obie]

I can vouch.
These guys do amazing work!

 

[Dropforg3d]

A triceratops skeleton, with eyes straight from the house of horrors.
(Ok, how do you embed an imgur video so that you can play it?)

https://imgur.com/jroFRgL

A sea turtle, it may or may not be Crush from Finding Nemo

Some wall decorations

 

[Dropforg3d]

Spent some time this weekend finishing off old spools and printing some arthritis assistance tools for the old age home (they don't get charged).

Here we've got bottle openers (coke, water, whiskey, etc.), pill poppers and pen balls.

And over here we have a bona fide, real, recently excavated t-rex skellington. You can tell it is real from all the plastic.

 

[DaneM]

Hi there

What's your max print size?

 

[Dropforg3d]

Hi there

What's your max print size?

Our max build volume is 300x300x400 in theory, but we haven't gone higher than 360mm. I believe it was a fuel tank for an RC jet.

 

[CharlT]

Hi, I have a client that needs an old 1980s Audi Taillight housing 3D printed. Would you be able to do something like that? We have pictures and CAD files of it if required. Thanks, Kind Regards

 

[Dropforg3d]

Hi, I have a client that needs an old 1980s Audi Taillight housing 3D printed. Would you be able to do something like that? We have pictures and CAD files of it if required. Thanks, Kind Regards

Hi Charl!

This is something that can be done in one of 2 ways:

1. Printed with a large format resin printer in some kind of UV resistant clear resin
2. Make a mold (either from an original or from a 3d print which has been post-processed to be as smooth as possible) and then cast with a durable clear resin

Unfortunately this isn't something that we specialize in or have even attempted because we don't have the hardware required or the silicon/resin setup.

I will however ask around if somebody has the requirements to get this done.

EDIT:
Just so happened to watch a vid about this a while ago. Here it is in case anybody was wondering how to do this and attempt it themselves.

 

[Dropforg3d]

Those who have printed with ABS before will understand. The easiest way to avoid warping with ABS is to NOT print with ABS.

 

[Dropforg3d]

We don't do resin printing yet, but a friend of ours printed a few DnD minis for a client. We did the terrain prints. Please note, the mini is 38mm tall, so it is TAAAAAAI KNEE

Some more terrain examples

 

[Areola Grande]

Damn bro, whoever made that mini has good taste!

 

[Dropforg3d]

Damn bro, whoever made that mini has good taste!

Exactly! A proper artiste!

 

[pɐlΛ‾pɐq‾ƃᴉq]

Hi, I have a client that needs an old 1980s Audi Taillight housing 3D printed. Would you be able to do something like that? We have pictures and CAD files of it if required. Thanks, Kind Regards

3d printing this wont work well.

Needs to be mold/cast.

Check out NAS Auto Cosmetics

 

[Dropforg3d]

We printed a sunroof panel for a client and it came out REALLY nicely.

This side is hidden from view

This is the visible side. Such a nice texture.

 

[Dropforg3d]

Printed all of this for a market day at my daughters' creche. Kids were loving it!

A leggy planter and a tiny watering can.

 

[Dropforg3d]

On the topic of succulents, just finished a whole bunch of them for a friend.
Just ignore the skull.

 

[Dropforg3d]

This was one of the toughest kit planes I've ever had to build. If you like that kind of thing, you should check out the card kits for Star Wars stuff. I'm going to do those next.

 

[Dropforg3d]

Dug this up in the back yard. Looks authentic.

 

[Dropforg3d]

Bought a new build plate.

The texture on the build plate gets imprinted on the bottom of the print! How rad is that (yes, I unironically used the word rad)

 

[Dropforg3d]

Raboobi anyone? This was made for a 4 year old gentleman.

 

[rooihond]

Looks awesome !

 

[TheJudge]

Raboobi anyone? This was made for a 4 year old gentleman.

How many hours does something like that take to print?

 

[Dropforg3d]

How many hours does something like that take to print?

This one was printed in draft mode (pressed for time), but normally it should take about 18 hours.

 

[TheJudge]

This one was printed in draft mode (pressed for time), but normally it should take about 18 hours.

My son (9) is a big fan of Fallout and Doom so I might have to look at a few online models.

 

[Dropforg3d]

My son (9) is a big fan of Fallout and Doom so I might have to look at a few online models.

We've printed an Arachnotron in the past. Just some gluing required to put all the bits together.

 

[TheJudge]

We've printed an Arachnotron in the past. Just some gluing required to put all the bits together.

Ooh would love to see pics if you have!

 

[Dropforg3d]

@TheJudge Had to REALLY go dig for this. It was printed about 2.5 years ago...

Here is a pic of some of the parts

Here is a pic after the guy I printed it for assembled it and applied some primer.

 

[TheJudge]

@TheJudge Had to REALLY go dig for this. It was printed about 2.5 years ago...

Here is a pic of some of the parts

Here is a pic after the guy I printed it for assembled it and applied some primer.

Please do PM with approx price on that. 😁

 

[Dropforg3d]

Please do PM with approx price on that. 😁

Aggg, no secrets, anybody can slice it.

It works out to 58 hours print time, but we can see it as R500. The main body (head with the little arms) is about 13cm long.

 

[Dropforg3d]

It has been a busy few weeks with fulfilling orders. We thank you from the bottom of our red liquid pumps for all the support.

Some more goodies that we made for my daughters' creche. The twist open and you put stuff inside, like marshmallow eggs. I printed 25 of them in total.