CUSTOM 3D PRINTING & RAPID PROTOTYPING
PRINT COST CALCULATOR
Drop your STL and get an instant estimate — no slicer, no spreadsheet, nothing uploaded. Or enter specs by hand if you already know them. The math runs entirely in your browser.
YOUR JOB
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Honest math, not a promise — a real quote also weighs orientation, supports, tolerances, and how hard your part is to print.
WHAT GOES INTO A PRINT COST
Material. Filament is priced per kilogram, but parts are printed in grams. A 100 g part on a $20/kg spool uses about $2 of plastic — before anything goes wrong. Drop an STL and the volume comes straight from the mesh — no guessing.
Waste. Purge lines, brims, supports, and first-try failures are real costs. Fifteen percent is a healthy allowance; tricky geometries eat more.
Machine time. A running printer draws power and wears parts — nozzles, belts, bearings. Hobbyists often value this at zero; shops can't, because shop rates also buy quality control, consistent materials, and accountability for the part actually arriving on deadline.
Setup and quantity. Setup is paid once — which is why the 50th part costs less than the first. That's also why production runs are worth asking about even if you only priced a single part.
- Weigh the spool before and after a print — the most accurate material count there is
- Slicer time estimates run optimistic; pad them 10–20%
- Carbon fiber and glass-filled need hardened nozzles — usually shop territory
- Oversized for our largest machine? Parts can often be split and bonded — ask us
ESTIMATES ARE MATH. QUOTES ARE PROMISES.
Seventeen machines running 24/7, free quotes within 24 hours — bring us the number and the part.