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3D printing

3D printing

Send Eric a file, or tell him what you need and he designs it. Printed in PLA or PETG, with up to 8 colours in one print. Pick it up in Fort McMurray, or have it shipped anywhere in Canada.

Eric's printer: photo coming soon
Eric's printer

What Eric prints

  • PC parts: graphics card supports, fan ducts, cable combs, SSD and drive mounts, case feet, custom badges, replacement case clips
  • Desk stuff: controller and headset stands, brackets, mounts, cases and holders
  • Everyday custom and replacement parts: a broken knob, a clip, a cover that's no longer sold
  • Gifts, figures and models
  • Prototypes and one-offs

Materials

  • PLA: the everyday choice. Stiff, sharp details, lots of colours. Not for hot spots.
  • PETG: tougher, and it takes heat better. Good for brackets and parts inside a PC case.
  • Multi-colour: up to 8 colours in one print, for text, logos and two-tone parts.

Eric prints on an Anycubic Kobra S1 Combo: an enclosed printer with a multi-colour unit. It prints up to 250 × 250 × 250 mm in one piece. Bigger things are printed in parts and put together.

Two ways to order

Print my file

You have the model

Send an STL, 3MF or OBJ file (one file, up to 25 MB) through the request form, or paste a link to the model on Printables, Thingiverse or MakerWorld. Say which material, which colours, and how many you want.

Design it for me

You have the idea

Describe the job properly: what it is, what it attaches to or fits into, the measurements in mm, photos, and a sketch if you have one. Eric quotes the design hours first, at $40 an hour. Before anything is printed, he sends you a picture of the design with the main measurements, and you say OK by email.

Can't measure it? In Fort McMurray, Eric can come over to measure and sketch it himself. The visit is billed as design time, at $40 an hour with a 1 hour minimum.

How the price works

  • Machine time: $5 an hour of printing for 1 to 3 colours. That covers the material, the electricity and the wear on the printer.
  • Each colour above 3 adds $1 an hour. More colours means more filament purged at every colour change, and a failed multi-colour print costs more to redo.
  • Minimum $20 per print job. Past that, you pay the hours.
  • Filament: PLA (included), PETG (included).
  • Design work is separate, when Eric makes the model for you: $40 an hour, quoted before he starts. A measuring visit in Fort McMurray counts as design time, 1 hour minimum.
  • Every job is quoted before it's printed. Quotes are good for 48 hours.
Machine time, per hour of printing (material included)
Colours in the printPer hour
1 to 3$5
4$6
5$7
6$8
7$9
8$10

For example, in 1 colour ($5 an hour): 2 hours = $20 (the minimum), 4 hours = $20, 5 hours = $25, 6 hours = $30. In 5 colours ($7 an hour): 2 hours = $20 (the minimum), 3 hours = $21, 6 hours = $42. Design work is separate, at $40 an hour.

Getting your print

  • Pick-up in Fort McMurray, at a meeting spot you agree on with Eric.
  • Or shipping anywhere in Canada, quoted for your city before you pay.
  • You pay when it's done: Interac e-Transfer, or cash at pick-up. A shipped print goes out once the payment is deposited.

What you agree to

These points come with every 3D printing quote, and you reply "I agree" before Eric prints.

  • You must have the right to print the design: it's your own, or its licence allows it. Eric can say no to a design.
  • No weapons or weapon parts, and nothing illegal.
  • Printed parts can be off by a few tenths of a millimetre. Tell Eric if a part needs a tight fit. Colours can look a bit different from the screen.
  • If a print fails or comes out wrong because of the printer or Eric's setup, he reprints it free.
  • If it was printed exactly to your file or the measurements you gave, and it doesn't fit because those were wrong, a new print is a new quote.
  • "Design it for me": Eric sends you a picture of the design with the main measurements before printing, and you say OK by email. If his design doesn't match what you approved, he fixes it and reprints free.
  • For a part that has to fit something, Eric can print a small test piece of the critical part first. It's cheap, and quoted, so a wrong measurement costs little.
  • Design hours are paid even if you decide not to print: you keep the picture and the measurements you approved.
  • Custom prints aren't returnable: they're made for you.

How it works

  1. 1

    Ask for a price

    Send your file or a link, or describe what you need.

  2. 2

    Price first

    You get the price before anything is printed. A design gets a picture to approve.

  3. 3

    Printed

    Eric prints it and checks it against the file or the approved design.

  4. 4

    Pick-up or shipping

    Meet Eric in Fort McMurray, or it ships to you in Canada.