Beaver Dam, Wisconsin

Send a file or an idea

Send me what you want 3D printed: a part file, a photo of what broke, or just the idea. Most people arrive with a problem rather than a model, and that is the better place to start. I reply with a written quote, or tell you plainly if it is not worth printing.

The brief

What are you starting with? (optional)

A file to print An idea, no file yet A design consult

The thing itself

What is it, in plain words? For example: a bracket that holds a sensor onto a gate post. The one that came with it snapped.

What happens if it breaks? This one matters most

The file, if you have one

A link to the part file (optional, https only)

Drop a share link here, or paste it

A share link from wherever the file lives. I open it myself to quote; this site never fetches it and never uploads files. No file? A description and a photo by email are enough to start.

You

Your name

More detail helps me quote it (optional)

Where does it live?

Phone (optional)

Does anything hang off it, press on it, or rely on it? For example: it carries about two pounds and gets knocked by the gate.

How many?

Date you need it (optional)

Rights in the file

I designed it, or it was designed for me I hold a commercial license for it It is public domain or CC-BY I got it somewhere and I am not sure

The last answer is the honest one more often than the other three, and it is not a problem. It means a license check before anything is printed.

How did you hear about me? (optional)

Or talk it through

What happens to what you send is on the privacy page.

What happens next

I read it and reply, as the person who will do the work.
I tell you if it is a bad fit. If molding, machining or simply buying one is cheaper, that is the answer you get.
A written quote before anything is printed.
A print, then a revision against the thing in your hand rather than against a render.

File rules

Minimum wall thickness 1.2 mm.
Minimum feature size 0.8 mm on a 0.4 mm nozzle.
Your files are used only to make your parts, and deleted 90 days after delivery.
Happy to sign a mutual NDA.

Rather talk?

Call or text (815) 375-0527, or email hellerstown@gmail.com.