Eiffel Tower full-size 3D printing – How long would it take?
As a 3D printing enthusiast, you tend to be a little crazy, don't you? You're sitting in a Chinese restaurant and you see a winky cat or a kite and you think to yourself “I could make that with my 3D printer, even much bigger!”. But have you ever asked yourself the question “What if I print the Big Ben in original size”, “Or the Eiffel Tower?, hmmm” ?
Toner Giant from the UK has investigated this question. To do this, they took some real-world objects and some from movies to calculate not only how long 3D printing would take, but also the potential costs. They then packaged it all up in the infographic below.
In doing so, they made these assumptions to calculate the whole:
Number of 3D printers used: 1
Average price: 0,03 British Pound per cm³ (are about 4 cents on the European mainland 😉 )
Average speed of the 3D printer: 5 cm per hour (in Z direction)
And if you ever want to reprint everything for real, you'll find the links to the free models at the end of the post.
* Stand: 2024-03-16 / Bilder: Amazon API
Provided by TonerGiant
Now you get as promised the links to the individual objects on MyMiniFactory
Starship Enterprise from Star Trek
Well, does it really take as long as indicated on the infographic?
