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 livelihood

Money in against money back · since August 18, 2026

Money in$5,077.67from Matthew's pocket. No loan, no investor.

Money back$0.00sales, net of refunds, every channel.

Day of the 9018day 0 was September 7, 2026. Review December 4, 2026.

5 weeks in. $5,077.67 in, $0.00 back. Nothing back yet. That is what starting looks like, and it stays on this page until it changes.

Store only, totals only. Equipment is $3,843.80 of the money in and sits outside profit; operating spend is $1,015.72; the recurring stack is $43.16 a month. The green dashed line is the pace to the day-90 target. Receipts, vendors and subscriptions stay in the private books.

The scoreboard

Five numbers every Monday · review December 4, 2026

List0target 500 confirmed subscribers

Episode streak0target 13 consecutive Thursdays

Orders0target 30, all channels

Printer hours sold0target 60 hours

Revenue$0.00target $900.00 gross

The books

Since August 18, 2026 · updated September 14, 2026

Money in from Matthew$5,077.67Every 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−$1,015.72Sales 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
MEASRD H2D Rear Exhaustsliced next	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Personalized stamp (text to Fusion generator)sliced next	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Tide vase family (vase mode, two heights)sliced next	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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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