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Re:I Designed a Dieter Rams Inspired iPhone Dock by farslan on Monday September 23, 2024 @11:22AM (#41627116)
Thanks a lot for your support. A friend and I looked into the economics, but the lowest company willing to print was around $63. If you know of any services that provide 3D printing, I am happy to look into it.
Re:I Designed a Dieter Rams Inspired iPhone Dock by HorizonXP on Monday September 23, 2024 @11:39AM (#41627279)
What about these guys?

https://www.slant3d.com

Re:I Designed a Dieter Rams Inspired iPhone Dock by farslan on Monday September 23, 2024 @12:07PM (#41627564)
I believe they want a minimum order of $1000 and only allow me to print it in a single color. Honestly, providing a physical good is a whole other set of issues with which I have no experience at all.
Re:I Designed a Dieter Rams Inspired iPhone Dock by gadders on Monday September 23, 2024 @12:29PM (#41627846)
Just wait 3 months and you'll see someone selling it on Ali Express :-)
Re:I Designed a Dieter Rams Inspired iPhone Dock by abtinf on Monday September 23, 2024 @03:34PM (#41629668)
Slant looked at Scott’s design and suggested some changes. You might find it interesting. https://youtu.be/b1RBo7f0Zb0
Re:I Designed a Dieter Rams Inspired iPhone Dock by boustrophedon on Monday September 23, 2024 @12:52PM (#41628059)
I haven't downloaded your model but https://www.i-solids.com/ (US-based, FDM and MJF) and https://www.weerg.com/ (Italy, mostly MJF ) will both do instant quotes and you might get reasonable prices from them at scale. PCBWay and JLCPCB in China will also do 3d printing at reasonable volume, if you want to get an idea of a baseline price.
Re:I Designed a Dieter Rams Inspired iPhone Dock by briandoll on Monday September 23, 2024 @03:41PM (#41629726)
I was quoted $73.19 from I-solids, just FYI
Re:I Designed a Dieter Rams Inspired iPhone Dock by farslan on Monday September 23, 2024 @01:11PM (#41628294)
Thank you, I'll look into it.
Re:I Designed a Dieter Rams Inspired iPhone Dock by doublerebel on Monday September 23, 2024 @05:27PM (#41630781)
Competing products such as the Nomad stand, Zen, Courant tray are $100-140. I happily paid for each.

The design and high quality materials were worth it to me for the same reasons you wanted this design — it is functional art and doesn’t look out of place next to my other quality items I see and use daily.

I could see paying $120 for this dock. I bet this is the kind of thing that would succeed on Kickstarter. Sure, I could print and assemble it myself but that would cost me more than $120 in parts and labor.