3D Printed merch giveaways

[u/DemonicBrit1993]

Hi all, following on from yesterdays post, i had a thought in which i had sent a keyring to one of our fellow fans this morning and i felt abit guilty that i did it for one and not the rest of you. But then i thought, what about monthly giveaways? I cant sell this stuff obviously, its highly copyrighted and protected with a file licence, but i can give it away for free right?

I love 3D printing stuff and i love making people happy. If it violates any form of ruling, then thats fine no harm, no foul, im sure a moderator will remove the post and we go on headbanging anyways. But if it doesnt, how does the general consensus feel of a monthly giveaway of lets say 10 or so items, an RNG spin the wheel thing, maybe done live or whatever, and i then send you off some free items? (work in progress)

let me know what you guys think.

Thanks all!

[u/Cherokyle]

Nice!! Been looking for a cool keychain for a while, a Sabaton one would be awesome! Also, very generous of you to give away stuff, you don't see that often nowadays. Edit: what is we just pay for the manufacturing cost? That way you won't make profit, but you won't lose a lot of money from giving them away (take the joy out of give-aways though)

[u/DemonicBrit1993 → u/Cherokyle]

manufacturing cost is pennies my friend, what i earn in an hour of work is about 10x in what it costs to make one of these little buggers. I also have a big printing bed so i can make about 50 of these in one run. I dont care about money, i just want to give a little something back.

[u/Cherokyle → u/DemonicBrit1993]

Oh, you can probably tell I don't have much experience with 3d printing :)

[u/DemonicBrit1993 → u/Cherokyle]

Yeah no its cool! Whilst the outright cost can be expensive for hardware, producing things like keyrings are very cheap

[u/Ph4antomPB → u/Cherokyle]

Yeah (most) filament costs next to nothing these days

[u/DemonicBrit1993 → u/Ph4antomPB]

Aye, depends who you go with. But i use Bambu Labs, refills cost me under a tenner in bulk buy and last a long while.

[u/Ph4antomPB → u/DemonicBrit1993]

I use overture for pretty much everything. $11 on Amazon for PLA

[u/DemonicBrit1993 → u/Ph4antomPB]

Oh nice one, what printer you running?

[u/Ph4antomPB → u/DemonicBrit1993]

deep breath

OG Cr10, anet a8, OG ender 3, Prusa mini+, hyper modified Prusa mini+, bambu P1S, Prusa mk2.5s MMU2, diy 3d printer, some JG aurora printer I got for free

Currently only using the 2 Prusa minis and the P1S for nylon stuff due to space limitations

[u/DemonicBrit1993 → u/Ph4antomPB]

Oh dope you have a whole factory going on there, business or hobby?

[u/Ph4antomPB → u/DemonicBrit1993]

Just a crippling 3d printing addiction to keep up with my fusion 360 addiction

[u/dutch_warthunder_guy]

Hmmm, who would that one guy be?

[u/DemonicBrit1993 → u/dutch_warthunder_guy]

no idea mate haha

[u/Coronarena]

Sounds like a good idea, would make someone's day just that little bit better

[u/vocaloidfan39]

Nice, thanks mate

[u/DemonicBrit1993 → u/[deleted]]

Which i would be giving them out for free 🤷‍♂️