Free 3D printing cost calculator: net grams with waste % and $/kg, print hours × watts × $/kWh, optional machine $/h and labor, donut breakdown, bar sensitivity charts, scenario rows—plus guide. Not tax advice.
Quote hygiene: Real job quotes add failure rate, post-processing, packaging, and payment fees. This widget keeps a transparent core: filament, rough electricity, optional machine-time and labor lines—so you can explain a price without pretending the spreadsheet read your mind.
Summary: Enter net filament mass, $/kg, optional material waste %, print hours, average printer draw (W), $/kWh, optional machine $/h, and optional labor minutes × $/h. You get a stacked donut, sensitivity bar charts (time, energy price, filament price), and a scenario table.
Electricity: hours × (watts ÷ 1000) × $/kWh—constant-power shorthand, not a logged smart-plug trace.
Machine time: hours × optional $/h for wear, depreciation, or shop overhead you choose to allocate.
Labor: (minutes ÷ 60) × $/h for setup, QC, packing—defaults to zero if you skip it.
3D printing cost calculator (material, power, time)
Pair with the filament and time tools in this hub: paste grams from the slicer, hours from preview or stopwatch, then tune rates until the total matches how stingy you feel about your printer.
