Laser Cutting

     

We’re here to help you laser cut your own designs, one of our many creations, or help you come up with something new & original, courtesy of commercial-grade laser cutter and engraver - 50 watt Epilog Mini.

Pricing:
Standard flat materials (wood/acrylic):
•$10 set up fee
•$2/minute laser time (1 min minimum)

Custom materials/objects (Your items (e.g., boxes, notebooks, mugs etc.) or non-flat objects that require a jig or rotator tool:
•$25 set up fee • $35 set up fee for non-flat objects
•$5/minute laser time (1 min minimum)

+$5 set up for metal engravings (Cermark aka permanent marking spray)

*Set up fees may change based on the object and quantity. Send us an email with your request to get a quote!

Need help with your design? 
$100/hour for custom design, including live, 1:1 prototyping - email us to make an appointment to come in!

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Materials
Laser bed size is 24″ x 12″. We have the following material available for purchase (in addition to laser time): 

5 mm 24 x 12″ maple plywood – $12
3 mm 24 x 12″ birch plywood – $10
3 mm 24 x 12″ acrylic (available in a range of colours) – $15-37
          • Clear - $15
          • Black/white/coloured - $18
          • Neon - $21
          • Mirror - $23
          • Coloured mirror - $37

6 mm 24 x 12" acrylic (available in white, black, clear & orange) - $30-36
          • clear - $30
          • Black/white/coloured - $36

1 mm 24 x 12" Mylar / PETG - $8

Other:
Cork – 8″ trivets – $6
Cork – 3.5″ coaster – $4
Slate – 4″ coaster – $8
Sugar cookies – $4 each (minimum order of 12)
Macarons – $3.50 each (minimum order of 12)

LAMOSE mugs - $50 (includes 2" engraving)
Lunch Thermos - $30 (includes 2" engraving)
Wood cheeseboards - starting at $50 (includes 2" engraving)

Materials we can source, or you can bring yourself: 
Plywood
Acrylic
Natural wood – cedar, birch, maple etc
Wood handles – utensils, boxes etc
Live edge wood cuts
Stone
Cheeseboards
Glasses
Leather
Felt
EVA foam
Linoleum (rubber)
Worbla
Silicone

File types & file submission:
Vector based files are best:
.ai
.svg
.eps
We can also help adapt .png, .pdf, .jpg, .psd

You can email files to info@themakerbean.com for an estimate.

Timing:
Standard timing is 1-2 days turnaround (pending print size)
Rush orders: same day (+$40) or guaranteed next day (+$25)

3D Printing

  

Whether you’ve got your own 3D modelled design, or want to choose from the 1M+ designs available on sites like Thingiverse or myMiniFactory, you’ve come to the right place. We’ll help 3D your ideas with our Prusa i3 MK3!

Pricing:
$5 set up & slicing fee
$10/hour of print time (1 hour minimum)

Material:
PLA filament – available in many different colours (see colours here)

File types & file submission:
.STL preferred, also other file types such as OBJ, AMF, and 3MF
You can also send us a Thingiverse or myMiniFactory link

You can email files to info@themakerbean.com for an estimate.

Timing:
Standard timing is 1-2 days turnaround (pending print size)
Rush orders: same day (+$40) or guaranteed next day (+$25)

Supports
Many 3D prints require supports during printing; we do not remove supports, but they should be easy for you to remove; here's a video with instructions to remove supports

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