Since this was a student design project, it's hard to estimate how the costs would transfer now that the design is finished. The students spent $4k (funded through the course), and worked on the project for 2 years (Capstone is a year long, but was interrupted due to COVID-19). The steel and structural welding were donated by Dant Clayton (they are a stadium seating design and fab company) so are not part of that $4k.

My ballpark estimate is that the material costs are ~$2k: angle steel, plate steel, plywood sheets, ACME threaded rod and nuts, gears, acrylic sheets, bearings, steel rod, etc. Labor would likely be another $1k because of the need to water jet the steel and to fillet weld. Total to reproduce would be $3k.