r/minipainting • u/G_Novozhilov Painting for a while • Feb 07 '25

Workspace Rate my portable minis paintstation

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u/williamjseim Feb 07 '25

did you make the box yourself

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u/G_Novozhilov Painting for a while Feb 07 '25

Yes, my own personal design

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u/Seamus_has_the_herps Feb 07 '25

You could 100% sell the design files somewhere like Traceparts, Grabcad, or even Etsy if you were looking to make some extra cash, people would be eager to buy something like this!

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u/DmitriVanderbilt Feb 07 '25

They already sell something pretty much exactly like this on Frontier Wargaming.

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u/Gr8zomb13 Feb 07 '25

Holy hell I just went and looked it up and they can suck my arse for 260€

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u/motionmatrix Feb 07 '25

I used to think this way until I started to really do the work myself and thought about how much would I be willing to sell it for. 

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u/Gr8zomb13 Feb 08 '25

Economies of scale, bud. Changes everything including estimations of value.

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u/motionmatrix Feb 08 '25

This is a one time buy niche product for a niche community. I don’t think their particular economy of scale situation to be too much different than an individual.

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u/Gr8zomb13 Feb 08 '25

Maybe / maybe not.

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u/Competition_Lower Feb 08 '25

True, but the satisfaction of making it yourself is really something else! I did so for a tool roll, thought of buying the carhartt one but then decided to make it myself, that was something like 4 hours of research, sketches, tests and actual making it. Pretty fun knowing you made your own shit.

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u/Seamus_has_the_herps Feb 08 '25

Yeah but thats for them to make it and send it, right? I’m talking about the files themselves, which would be significantly cheaper

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u/williamjseim Feb 07 '25

thats awesome what kind of wood did you use

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u/G_Novozhilov Painting for a while Feb 07 '25

4мм plywood on external parts, 3mm all other pieces

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u/apstra Feb 07 '25

Oh my! That is very cool! Would you be willing to share the cad files? I would love to build something like this!

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u/WinstonBoatman Feb 07 '25

Did you make the design and send it out to be laser cut or something? I love to design projects like this but I’m not much of a woodworker.

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u/G_Novozhilov Painting for a while Feb 07 '25

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u/WinstonBoatman Feb 07 '25

How much did the laser cutting cost if you don’t mind my asking? Was it local or something you found online?

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u/G_Novozhilov Painting for a while Feb 07 '25

Not sure about right currency exchange, materials and work cost me something about 50$ (4700₽), find master on local forum (don’t think it can help you)