3D dragon fly

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3D dragon fly

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Can't beleave how many people like these.
Can't beleave how many people like these.
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Patrick they turned out great looking
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my best sellers
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Patrick Waite wrote:my best sellers
What does it take to buy one? Are they powder coated, painted, or raw steel??
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Is there a file for these?
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What size are they and what size of metal did you use?
And may ask all of you how much are you all selling this for?
I made some of this and some 3D butterflys and sold them for $30
but the metal did not cost me anything.(12g Scrap from work)
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Here it is. I've gotta make one of these. They look cool!

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Thanks!!!! I too would like to know size and gauge? File came up 359 inches wide. That's as big as my house!
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I gotta make me one also.
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What are you cutting them with?
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FiveORacing wrote:Thanks!!!! I too would like to know size and gauge? File came up 359 inches wide. That's as big as my house!
These were discovered among caveman drawings from the Messazoic Age. Insects were large back then. You're going to need a bigger table. Now you know why cavemen carried clubs!

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wislerster wrote:sold them for $30
Sounds WAY too cheap to me, even if you did get free steel. Think of the time cutting and assembly. Not to mention if any painting takes place.
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jmsrbrt wrote:
wislerster wrote:sold them for $30
Sounds WAY too cheap to me, even if you did get free steel. Think of the time cutting and assembly. Not to mention if any painting takes place.
Found this out at a local car show this weekend. Guys cutting detailed cars out at work using the bosses equipment, steel and everything else and selling a two foot wide silhouette for $5 to $10.
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FiveORacing wrote:Thanks!!!! I too would like to know size and gauge? File came up 359 inches wide. That's as big as my house!
Scale it by .03937. Was most likely saved in metric.
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wislerster wrote:What size are they and what size of metal did you use?
And may ask all of you how much are you all selling this for?
I made some of this and some 3D butterflys and sold them for $30
but the metal did not cost me anything.(12g Scrap from work)

It depends on the size for me. I charge in my shop $25.00 a square foot. $30.00 a square foot with color. So say the size is 18 x 14 $43.75 with out color. With color $52.50 I make just about every thing I cut out of 11ga.

I should say that I ues a formula when figuring out my price.
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I love dragon fly's i just recently did a flat one..now i HAVE to try the 3d one..thanks for sharing the file..i do appreciate it...
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Thanks very much for sharing. :D
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Spider

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Excellent dragonfly cheers.
Now I know the spider was on here or pirate or some other site and I have a copy of 1 that doesn't quite look right. Pic attached.
Does anyone have a spider with 2mm slots about 12 gauge.....
The one I made I had to spend 3 hours re doing all the slots node by node, it was painful and still I managed to screw it up and had to grind each one :roll: and it has a couple of bits on the head missing. Any help would be appreciated.
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Looks like it would be a challenge putting the pieces together do you have a version where they are numbered ?
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I have had the file for a while, but I bought mine for the licence. I did up 2 on Thursday last week and they both sold in 2 days. So I agree, excellent seller so far. Will need to build a few more now and see if they keep on selling. Also, mine went for $50. I reckon that $30 is a bit cheap when it comes to the work involved etc.
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