Hi all, It varies with time & place, but above a certain number of copies, injection moulding becomes cheaper than 3D-printing.
Once the cost of a mould is sunk, the unit cost of each additional case is way below the unit cost of a print. Hope that helps. On Fri, Dec 6, 2024 at 2:02 PM <offline-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > Send Offline-l mailing list submissions to > offline-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe, please visit > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/offline-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > You can reach the person managing the list at > offline-l-ow...@lists.wikimedia.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Offline-l digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Internet-in-a-Box (James Heilman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2024 15:32:12 -0700 > From: James Heilman <jmh...@gmail.com> > Subject: [Offline-l] Internet-in-a-Box > To: Using Wikimedia projects and MediaWiki offline > <offline-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > Message-ID: > < > caf1en7xib8ymcpwyxgj5mmcyn8gjrshvz+thkea1zsgz4dc...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="000000000000f7ae2c06288d78a9" > > Hey All > > The Wikipedia store has once again sold out of Internet-in-a-Box. We at > Wiki Project Med have used up all our 3D printed cases and are needing to > get more, maybe a thousand or two. Thoughts on best way to do this? We had > a volunteer print our prior 500 cases. > > -- > James Heilman > MD, CCFP-EM, Wikipedian > -------------- next part -------------- > A message part incompatible with plain text digests has been removed ... > Name: not available > Type: text/html > Size: 605 bytes > Desc: not available > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Offline-l mailing list -- offline-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to offline-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > ------------------------------ > > End of Offline-l Digest, Vol 140, Issue 5 > ***************************************** > -- Michael Graaf, M.Phil (UCT) Researcher, Editor & Community Informatics Practitioner Mob +27795487242 WhatsApp/ Telegram/ Signal +27647754342 ORCID 0000-0002-1951-5739
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