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Posted July 11 2016 - 7:00 PM
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love the logo, love the name and am extremely pumped to have another professional ant keeping supply shop!!!!!!!!!! I will defiantly buy one in august (for my B-day). Btw, how much will they cost? I don't have a lot of money. And can I buy the formicarium on your new site?
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Posted July 12 2016 - 3:20 AM
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None of the products are ready yet, in august, they should. I'm going to try to keep the smaller things under $20, and that will go down eventually when I get a 3d printer. For now, services are going to be my best bet for fastest production.
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Posted July 12 2016 - 5:59 AM
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Well I think I got the watering system down.
Those holes are 1/12"
Stuff cotton it there, and for very small species, apply a small amount of grout.
Maybe this isn't the best watering system, but I don't think anything will escape. We'll have to have someone test it, and for now I'm going to use large AC pipe size for the outputs. (1/2" diameter)
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Posted July 12 2016 - 6:58 AM
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The founding formicarium is 1% to complete, lol. I need to make it hollow, and I will put it up for sale on the shop soon. I'll make a new thread in the marketplace section, see you there!
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Posted July 12 2016 - 6:37 PM
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can i visit your site now? is it currently up?
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Posted July 13 2016 - 7:04 AM
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Posted July 13 2016 - 5:06 PM
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nice site btw. I had a site on wix too a while back.
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Posted July 15 2016 - 12:04 PM
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To be honest I can not find a way to cheaply get my models printed online. I've tried doing infill slicers and stuff, but it doesn't work for companies like shapeways... They want to charge me 300$ to have it printed, because they register it as a solid object.
Until I can find a way or someone helps me find one, I don't think production of these products will begin.
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Posted July 15 2016 - 12:22 PM
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I just don't understand how AC can have something bigger than mine 3d printed for way under $50, (obviously less). I went onto a ton of websites all ranging form 200$-800$ to have this thing printed, I honestly don't know what I'm doing wrong.
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Posted July 15 2016 - 5:59 PM
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Have you checked out any local Makerspaces? Some of them will print out small quantities (at least for prototyping) and prices aren't bad. I have a 3D printer, but have been considering sending off some formicarium ideas to be done locally to save some time. Depending on materials, density and such, prices definitely vary; https://www.3dhubs.com
I also wondered how AC get's their for the price, though I had assumed probably some place in China depending on quantity.
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Posted July 15 2016 - 7:40 PM
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Posted July 15 2016 - 8:26 PM
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Since when do you own a laser cutter, Terry? I thought you shopped all that work out to some guy like 4hrs away from you...
My ants | My free feeder design | PM or email me if you need and 3d printing, cnc machining, or manufacturing done: http://www.lrmachining.com
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Posted July 16 2016 - 4:55 AM
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Even if it comes from china, it couldn't, or at least shouldn't cost more than 20$ to have printed in the US. I'll find a local place in Philadelphia that will do it for me for cheaper.
Or kindly ask the library to do it overnight 
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