Books · in the open
Open booksThe store, measured
A print store built after the day job, on one printer, with every number published as it happens. Zeros are fine. They are the point.
The scoreboard
Five numbers every Monday · review December 4, 2026Listnot yettarget 500 confirmed subscribers
Episode streaknot yettarget 13 consecutive Thursdays
Ordersnot yettarget 30, all channels
Printer hours soldnot yettarget 60 hours
Revenuenot yettarget $900.00 gross
Day 0 is September 7, 2026. The first row lands the Monday after. Until then the tiles say not yet, because nothing has been measured.
The books
Since August 18, 2026 · updated September 4, 2026Money in from Matthew$5,048.67Every dollar so far is the founder's. No loan, no investor.
Printer, bench, air, ladder$3,843.80Equipment at the price on the receipt.
Filament and consumables on hand$218.15Costed per gram, drawn down by every print.
Operating spend$986.72Tools, supplies, software, freight, wear parts.
Sales$0.00The shop opens September 7, 2026.
Profit so far−$986.72Sales minus fees, materials and operating spend. Equipment sits outside this line.
One printer hour
What the bed costs before labor$0.37
$0.32 of printer over 6,000 hours, plus $0.05 of electricity at 350 W. Every piece has to clear $14 an hour on top of this, or it does not get listed.
What each piece costs to make
Filament, machine time, labor, box| Piece | Hours on the bed | Filament | Cost to make | Price | Per printer hour | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEASRD H2D Rear Exhaustsliced next | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Personalized stamp (text to Fusion generator)sliced next | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 |
| Tide vase family (vase mode, two heights)sliced next | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | 0 |
How this is measured: a double-entry ledger records every receipt; prints, orders and hours are events; the numbers on this page are derived from those when it is published. Nothing here is estimated that the ledger did not measure, which is why some cells are empty this week.
Every number, every Monday.
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