How much does a 3D print cost on the Creality K1C in ABS?
Example part: 83 g of ABS, about 3.3 hours of print time on the Creality K1C.
Assumptions
- Weight
- 83 g
- Filament price
- 22 €/kg
- Print time
- 3.3 h
- Power while printing
- 120 W
- Electricity price
- 0.30 €/kWh
- Machine cost
- 0.50 €/h
- Failure rate
- 10 %
- Margin
- 30 %
Calculation
- Filament
- €1.83
- Electricity
- €0.12
- Machine
- €1.65
- Failed prints
- €0.36
- Your cost
- €3.95
- Margin
- €1.19
- Selling price
- €5.14
A ABS part of this size costs you about €3.95 on the Creality K1C – the biggest share is the filament. With a 30 % margin you end up at roughly €5.14.
Electricity is usually only a few cents per print. What matters is material, machine time and how often a print fails.
All values are typical estimates, not measurements and not manufacturer specifications. Excludes labour, packaging and tax. With your own numbers the result can differ a lot.
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