filament-drybox-cost/README.md

# Filament Drybox Cost Model

## Purpose

This project provides a transparent and reproducible cost model for the
"Filament Storage 2026" drybox project by GunplaMark.

The model is intended to answer questions such as:

- What is the out-of-pocket cost to build 1 drybox?
- How does the per-unit cost change when building 4 dryboxes?
- How does the per-unit cost change when building 12 dryboxes?
- What inventory remains after each build scenario?
- How much do filament and electricity contribute to the total?

The model accounts for:

- lot-based purchasing
- per-box usage
- printed part filament cost
- electrical cost of printing
- optional waste factor

See video at https://youtu.be/lJDoVH7qTKs?si=cQMhUda7RQcuIDJU  by user GunplaMark entitled "Filament Storage 2026 - The Final Boss of My Drybox Journey".
This project was created by ChatGPT and the data are estimates.  If you want a more accurate assessment, you will need to edit the files and deploy.

You can deploy on your own machine by entering the root directory of this project as staged on your machine, i.e. /usr/local/src/filament-drybox-cost, and then executing:

     python3 -m http.server 8000

Then open in your browser:

    http://localhost:8000/web/index.html
 
## Repository Layout

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.
├── LICENSE
├── README.md
├── data
│   ├── assumptions.json
│   └── bom.json
├── export
├── tools
│   └── generate_csv.pl
└── web
    ├── app.js
    ├── index.html
    └── style.css