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Design help for parts you want to print

A sketch on a napkin, a photo with measurements, or a model that nearly works. Simple parts are modelled for a fixed fee, and anything you upload is checked and, where it's quick, fixed.

What you get

A fixed price before any work starts

Simple parts cost £30 to £60 to model. You'll get the figure by email before anything is drawn.

A model you keep

You get the STEP and STL files, so you can order again anywhere.

Small fixes included

Thin walls, missing faces and inverted normals in an uploaded file are fixed without a charge where it takes minutes.

Design for the process

Wall thickness, orientation, tolerances for fits and threaded inserts, so the part comes out right first time.

Who this is for

People with a problem, not a file

Something broke, something doesn't fit, something needs holding.

Engineers short on time

A quick bracket or adapter that isn't worth an afternoon.

Students

Help getting a project model printable, with a discount for a university email address.

Recent work

Cable clips, forty off, for an audio-visual installer. PETG. Reordered every six weeks.
Garden gate hinge, a replacement for a discontinued part. ASA, for the sun.
Phone stand, one of fifteen for a market stall. TPU.

Questions people ask before ordering

What do you need from me?

Measurements with a ruler or callipers, a photo of where it goes, and what it has to do. A sketch helps but isn't required.

Do you do complex products?

Enclosures, brackets, adapters and mechanisms with a few parts, yes. Full product design, no, and you'll be pointed to someone who does.

Based in Liverpool, printing for the whole UK

If you're in Merseyside you can collect in person. Everyone else gets Royal Mail tracked, usually two working days after dispatch. Most of this work comes from Liverpool, Manchester, Chester and the Wirral, but there's nothing local about the post.

Get it quoted now.

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