Materials
Common materials used across laser cutting, CNC routing, and FDM 3D printing. If your project needs something outside this list, ask and we’ll review it case by case.
Laser cutting & engraving
Typical sheet materials used for panels, labels, enclosure parts, signage, and quick-turn fabricated components.
Cast acrylic
Clear, coloured, opal, and black acrylic for panels, housings, labels, engraved parts, and display elements.
Suitable for: Laser cutting, engraving
Birch ply / MDF
Useful for prototype panels, housings, structural parts, templates, and workshop-built components.
Suitable for: Laser cutting, engraving
Laser-safe rubber
Typically used for gaskets, stamps, flexible interface pieces, and engraved marking applications.
Suitable for: Laser cutting, engraving
Leather
Used for cutting and engraving selected leather components, tags, and prototype soft-goods details.
Suitable for: Laser cutting, engraving
Card / paper
Useful for packaging mock-ups, templates, lightweight prototypes, and presentation components.
Suitable for: Laser cutting, engraving
CNC routing materials
Materials commonly used for larger panels, fixtures, brackets, prototype structures, and sheet-based machined parts.
Plywood / MDF
Well suited to fixture plates, prototype panels, enclosures, patterns, and structural development work.
Suitable for: CNC routing
Engineering plastics
Selected plastics including Delrin/acetal and similar materials for machined brackets, plates, spacers, and custom technical parts.
Suitable for: CNC routing
Selected aluminium
Case-appropriate aluminium work for brackets, plates, mounting parts, and custom machined components.
Suitable for: CNC routing, by review
FDM 3D printing materials
Common FDM materials for functional parts, enclosures, brackets, fixtures, and prototype components.
PLA
General-purpose material for proof-of-concept parts, visual prototypes, and non-critical components.
Suitable for: FDM printing
PETG
A good all-round choice for tougher prototype parts, brackets, housings, and general engineering use.
Suitable for: FDM printing
TPU
Flexible material for soft interfaces, pads, grips, cable features, and elastomeric prototype parts.
Suitable for: FDM printing
ABS
Useful for more durable engineering parts where heat resistance and robustness matter more than surface finish.
Suitable for: FDM printing
ASA
Similar to ABS with better weather resistance, suited to selected functional and semi-exposed parts.
Suitable for: FDM printing
Nylon (PA)
Useful for selected functional parts where toughness matters. Processed case by case depending on application.
Suitable for: FDM printing, by review
Polycarbonate (PC)
Higher-performance engineering material for selected applications, reviewed case by case.
Suitable for: FDM printing, by review