Your line is stopped waiting on a twelve-dollar plastic clip that nobody stocks anymore. We draw it, print it, and you have it Thursday — we're twelve minutes from your loading dock.
Most people arrive with a photo and a problem, not a file. That's the third one, and it's the one we do most.
Send it across. We check wall thickness and orientation, price it on the spot, and start printing on approval.
Printables, MakerWorld, Thingiverse. Send the link. We check the licence, tune it for strength rather than looks, and print it properly.
Send a picture with a tape measure next to it. We draw it properly in parametric CAD — real dimensions, correct wall thickness, right the first time.
A file, a link, or a photo with something for scale beside it.
Same business day. Fixed price, no ranges. Nothing starts until you say go.
Printed properly from actively dried filament, then checked against your critical dimensions with calipers.
Free pickup in Forest Lake, post from $11.50, or dropped to you on trade orders.
Before you email anyone. Pick the closest size and where it lives — that's enough to get within about twenty per cent.
Compare it to something on your bench.
Small parts land on the $30 minimum. Send a photo for a fixed price.
Parts are priced on whichever is greater — the material used, or the machine time occupied. A small part that ties up a printer all day costs what it costs, and a chunky part that prints in an hour isn't punished for its weight.
| Item | Rate | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Printing — PLA / PLA+ | $0.20/g or $12/machine-hr | Whichever is greater, plus $8 setup per unique part |
| Minimum order | $30 | Every order, no exceptions |
| PETG, ASA, ABS, TPU, carbon-fill | +30% | Required for anything outdoors or in a vehicle |
| Multi-colour | +$15 | Per part |
| Drawing from a photo | $89 | First hour, credited against the print. Then $80/hr |
| Support removal & finishing | $60/hr | Only when you need a show surface |
| Rush — same or next day | +50% | Subject to a free machine |
| Batches of 50+ | quoted per part | Priced on material only, not machine time. Ask — the per-part price drops hard. |
| Trade account | −10% | Net-14 on a PO, $150 minimum per order |
| Pickup — Forest Lake 4078 | Free | By arrangement |
| Australia Post | $11.50 / $19.75 | Small or large satchel, at cost |
A thousand identical parts with no deadline? An offshore service will beat us on price and we'll tell you so rather than waste your morning. Past about five thousand you want an injection mould, and we'll say that too.
Where a batch is worth doing here: it's due next week and a container isn't; the part is big enough that freight costs more than the plastic; or every unit is slightly different — serial numbers, sizes, left and right handed. A mould can't do that without a new mould for each one. Batches up to about 500 are our sweet spot.
PLA softens at 55 °C. A ute cabin in a Brisbane February gets to 80. We won't quote a PLA part for a vehicle, a shed roof or anything in direct sun — we'll quote the material that survives, and tell you why.
| Material | Softens at | Right for |
|---|---|---|
| PLA / PLA+ | 55–60 °C | Indoors only. Jigs, prototypes, models, bench fixtures |
| PETG | 80–95 °C | Outdoors, UV, workshop floor, mild chemicals, light impact |
| ASA / ABS | Higher again | Vehicles, engine bays, roofs, permanent full sun |
| TPU | Flexible | Gaskets, grommets, bump stops, grips, vibration damping |
| Carbon-filled | Stiff | Structural brackets and fixtures that must not flex |
Filament goes through a dryer before it goes through a nozzle. Brisbane humidity sits well above the 30–45% filament wants, and wet PETG prints weak and stringy. Ours lives in sealed boxes with desiccant. It's the cheapest quality difference in this trade and almost everyone skips it.
Priced, proven, printed this week. Choose a size in the job flow and it's done.
Four questions and you're done. Got an STL or 3MF? We measure it in your browser and the real number appears on the spot — no waiting for a callback, and nothing charged until you've approved it.
A question before you order, a problem with something we made, or you just want to know whether printing is even the right way to make your part.