3D printing in Calgary

Calgary has print shops of its own, so it’s fair to ask why people send work three hours north. The usual answers: a straight price before anything prints, a farm of printers that keeps turnaround short even in busy weeks, and design help when there’s no 3D file to start from.

Edmonton to Calgary is a busy, well-served shipping route. Most orders are printed within a few business days of approval and arrive a day or two after that, tracked.

Every spring Calgary Expo fills Stampede Park with cosplayers, and helmets, armour and props are some of our favourite jobs. Full-size pieces are printed in sections with alignment keys, ready for you to sand, prime and paint.

Order early: convention season is our busiest stretch, and big builds can take a week or more of printer time.

• Helmets and masks
• Armour panels
• Blasters and replica props
• Wearable electronics housings

For engineering firms, startups and inventors, we print fit-check prototypes, enclosures and fixtures from STEP or STL. Heated-chamber printers handle nylon, polycarbonate and carbon-fibre blends, and two nozzles mean dissolvable supports for complex internal geometry.

Calgary can swing twenty degrees in an afternoon when a Chinook rolls in. Parts for cars, decks and anything outdoors are printed in ASA, which handles heat, cold and sun without warping or going brittle.