Many people are surprised when they learn how truly different SLS 3D printing is from what they thought it was. As Canada's first 3D Printing Company since '96 and SLS (Selective Laser Sintering) specialists for over 20 yrs, we still find it fun to share just how different it really is! They say a picture [...]
In Memory of Alex "aullicks" Sirman — May The Force Be With You It was with great honour and privilege that we were able to be a part of Alex's memorial and create this 3d printed Lego-like urn with a Star Wars feel. As you read more below from a letter we received from [...]
3D Printing or Rapid Prototyping? For any old school engineers or fellow 3d printing cohorts that have been around the block (like myself), you may recall back in the day that today's now common term of 3D Printing (additive method for 'growing' a part layer by layer from a CAD file) was originally referred to [...]
We created this cool K'NEX project for our tradeshow booth display and it was a bit hit! People actually came specifically over to our booth to take pictures and selfies with it to send off to their kids. Made using SLS and nylon12, then post coloured with our own developed process, over 720 individual pieces [...]
From the 'only because we can' category... Working at a 3d printing company certainly has its privileges! In 2016 I pre-ordered a Star Trek TOS bluetooth communicator as a gift for my husband. Instead of yet again wrapping a piece of paper with a promise, one or our techs got to work and did me [...]
With the help of 3d printing technology, Oscar statues now utilize technology to create the coveted awards with precision accuracy. In 2016 designers utilized an original 1929 Oscar statuette were originally designed by Cedric Gibbons and sculpted by George Stanley. The vintage figure was first 3d scanned to create an accurate 3d CAD file that [...]
Well I’ll be a monkey’s uncle… just a few weeks ago I posted a few key obstacles that would hold us Earthlings back from the merits of 3d printing on Mars, the main one being lack of material resources... then comes along an article in The Canadian Press, about a father and son team, Alex [...]
Even though we've been in the 3d printing business for 20 years, I NEVER get tired of hearing how much better our SLS nylon prototypes are than our competition! Last week we received a message from a recent customer that was using a well-known large 3d printing company before finding our services and here's what [...]
