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Glezen Center St., PeterSburG, In AGeS: 11-18 text/CAll 812-582-1523 for Info DEVO & OPEN GYM WednesdaYs 6:30p.m.-8 p.m. Petersburg couple sells drum set and Bitcoin to start 3D printing business By Sherri Sebella Chris Rowe and his wife, Lindsay, wanted to start a 3D printing business but all they had at the time was a dream, a drum set to sell and some Bitcoin, to fund their first 3D printer. "I started Atlas Labs with very little," Rowe said. "I sold my drum set and some Bitcoin to fund the first 3D printer and shipping equipment. I taught myself how to 3D model and 3D print with Google and You- tube." Atlas Labs is owned by Rowe and his wife Lindsay. Chris does the operations, equipment, website and social media work, and his wife helps with sales, accounting, prod- uct ideas, testing, and accord- ing to Chris, "She also special- izes in identifying when I need to clean the shop," Rowe said. The hardest part of start- ing their business, according to Rowe, was needing mon- ey upfront, and understand- ing what type of business is best for what they want- ed to do. "Should you start an LLC, or an S Corp," Rowe said. "Should your LLC be a Sole Proprietorship or a Part- nership. How will this affect taxes. Believe it or not, these questions were kind of hard for me to find information on in a single place. Most of the answers were scattered around the Internet." Rowe developed his interest in starting a 3D printing com- pany after watching a num- ber of 3D printing TikTok accounts over the past cou- ple of years. "There are some businesses that have become quite successful in the last two years," Rowe said. "Following along with them on their jour- ney made me realize how scal- able this type of business is. You can run this kind of busi- ness with one printer or 200." Rowe started with one 3D printer in November of 2021, and now has five printers, with two more on their way this month. "We hope to have 20 printers in their own building by July of 2023," Rowe said. As far as profitability goes, according to Rowe, so far the business has broken even, but that is only because they keep buying more equipment as soon as they have enough money to do so. "We will keep scaling up until we hit our printer goal," Rowe said. We hope to make this a full- time job for one of us within the next five years. We have al- ways dreamed of working for ourselves." Everything that has been done to start and operate the business has been do- ne by the couple themselves. "We have done a lot of Inter- net research," Rowe said. "Do your homework before in- vesting into anything. This is actually the second business we have tried to start. We tried starting a board game cafe in Evansville back in 2017, but we were not prepared. This time around, I realized there was a lot we did not do right, on the paperwork side of things." When it comes to think- ing about what he enjoys best about working with 3D proj- ects, it is how they can have an idea, then make it a reali- ty, a physical object, all in less than a day. "I needed a place to put my Xbox controller in five hours, from that thought , I had a wall mount to place it on," Rowe said. "I also love how the possibilities are end- less. I can actually print in so many different types of ma- terials, such as plastics, Car- bon Fiber, Wood (yes, actu- al wood), metal, plastics mix- tures, and more." Atlas Labs currently make a wide variety of things. Their website sells a number of toys and decorations. "We make tools and jigs for local manu- facturing plants," Rowe said. "We have been testing some items for dirt sprint cars too. We do a little bit of everything." Atlas Labs most popular item is their lithophanes. A lithopane is an etched or mold- ed artwork in a very thick, translucent, porcelain or plas- tic that can be seen clearly, on- ly when back lit with a light source. They are traditionally made from porcelain, accord- ing to Rowe, but the recent advances in 3D printing have made this easier than ever be- fore. "We make night lights and picture boxes, using our customers personal pictures," Rowe said. "We do a lot of cus- tom orders too. Pretty much any idea that can be designed and printed much faster than traditional means, depending on the size, from idea to print- ed object, can happen in less than an hour." Ultimately Rowe is looking to target personal sales, rath- er than business sales. "I want to make functional and useful items, instead of toys and de- cor," Rowe said. "At the end of the day, we will print anything for anyone." For more information, vis- it Atlas Labs on Facebook, at https://www.facebook.com/ AtlasLabs3D or call (812) 690 -0611. Chris Rowe and his wife Lindsay, wanted to start a 3D printing business but all they had at the time was a dream, a drum set to sell and some Bitcoin, to fund their first 3D printer. Ultimately Rowe is looking to target personal sales, rather than business sales. "I want to make functional and useful items, instead of toys and decor," Rowe said. "At the end of the day, we will print anything for anyone." Want to share your news with others? The Press-Dispatch can help deliver it to Pike and the surrounding counties. NEWS! 812-354-8500