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Material Bench
Small quantities, no 25 kg minimums
Curated filament, resin, sheet goods, blanks and hardware — bought in pallet lots, sold in the quantity you actually need.
Industrial suppliers want a pallet. You want four sheets of 3 mm birch ply and one spool of ASA that doesn't warp. We hold the inventory and break the pallet so you don't have to finance it.
- Every filament lot test-printed before it goes on the shelf
- Sheet goods cut to your stated size, free, at pickup
- Blanks for engraving: slate, leather, anodised alu, bamboo
- Standing reorder on the materials you burn through
How the job runs
Every step, and who carries the risk at each one
- 01
We buy the pallet
Industrial suppliers want pallet quantities and 30-day terms. We carry that, so you don't have to finance a year of filament to get trade pricing.
- 02
Every lot gets tested
A test print or test cut comes off every new lot before it reaches the shelf. If it warps, strings or cuts badly, it doesn't go on sale.
- 03
Buy what you need
One spool. Four sheets. Six blanks. No minimums, and sheet goods get cut to your stated size free at pickup.
- 04
Standing reorder
Tell us what you burn through and we'll hold it and ship on a schedule, so you never lose a weekend to being out of black PETG.
On the floor
What actually does the work
- Filament
- 22 polymers · 140+ colourways · lot-tested
- Resin
- Standard, tough, flexible, castable
- Sheet goods
- Baltic birch, MDF, acrylic, leather, cork, felt
- Engraving blanks
- Slate, bamboo, anodised alu, brass, leather
- Hardware
- Heat-set inserts, magnets, bearings, fasteners
Pricing
Published, not negotiated
PLA / PETG
1 kg spool, lot-tested
from $14
Engineering filament
ASA, ABS, PA-CF, TPU
from $29
Baltic birch
3 mm, 600 × 400 mm, cut free to size
$7.50
Partner discount
Curated and Studio Partner tiers
−15%
Volume pricing applies above 50 units. Curated and Studio Partner tiers take 15% off every line.
Recent work
Jobs that came through this service
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FAQ
About material bench
What does lot-tested actually mean?
A sample from every incoming lot is printed or cut on our own machines against a reference profile. The result is recorded with the lot number, and that number is on the spool you buy. If a lot disappoints, it goes back to the supplier instead of to you.
Can I buy a single sheet?
Yes. That's the whole point of the service. We break pallets so you can buy in the quantity your project actually needs.
Do you cut sheets to size?
Free, at pickup or before shipping, to any size you state. It also makes shipping much cheaper than sending full sheets.
Will you stock something you don't carry?
Ask. If it's sane and we can source it, we'll bring it in and probably keep it on the shelf afterwards.
Often booked together
Laser & CNC Jobs
Thick acrylic, hardwood, anodised aluminium, stainless. Fiber marking, rotary work and 3-axis routing on call.
$32 / sheet setupPrint Overflow
Send us the job your bench can't absorb. We run your files on a managed farm and ship finished parts, not excuses.
$0.18 / gFinishing & Assembly
Vapour smoothing, dyeing, tumbling, painting, threaded inserts, assembly and kitting — the work that doesn't scale with you.
$1.10 / unit