An FDM print shop in Albuquerque, run by an engineer.
Most online 3D printing is a handoff. You upload a file, it gets routed somewhere, printed by someone, shipped from wherever. Crucible3D doesn't work that way. One shop, our own equipment, in Albuquerque. We print engineering plastics — brackets, fixtures, manifolds, enclosures, replacement parts. One-offs and short runs. The file you upload, we print.
- Location
- Albuquerque, NM
- Catalog
- 7 materials
- Tolerance
- ±0.5 mm or ±0.2%
- Process
- Production FDM
Engineer-operated.
The shop is run by a mechanical and aerospace engineer. Years on production additive lines, running parts at scale and dialing in materials most desktop printers can't reliably handle. Quote, slicing, print, inspection: same person, every order. If something's off, you're not talking to a ticket queue.
- Build volume
- 350 × 350 × 350 mm
- Process
- FDM, fully enclosed
- Chamber
- Active heated
- Materials
- PLA-Pro · PETG · ABS · ASA · TPU · PC · PET-CF
Production FDM · Albuquerque, NM
What experience does to a file.
Between the file you upload and the part in your hand, there's a layer of work no slicer does on its own. A slicer can lay down toolpaths. It can't tell you the orientation is wrong, the walls are too thin, or the material won't hold up where you're putting it. That's where experience comes in. Every file, before it runs.
Accepted file types: STL · 3MF · OBJ
Files
We look at every file before slicing. Thin walls, weak overhangs, geometry that won't survive the bed. We catch those before we run anything.
Materials
You pick the material for your part. Our catalog consists of the materials that we've dialed in: settings, temperatures, drying. If a different one would work better, we'll let you know.
Settings
Orientation, infill, walls, supports — decided file by file. Not slicer defaults. The choices come from running these materials in production, not from a wiki.
Inspection
We check every part before it ships. Visible defects, dimensional misses, signs the print didn't run right — we don't pack those. You get a re-print instead.
Got a part to make? The file's all we'll need.
Crucible3D · Albuquerque, NM
Crucible 3D LLC · Registered in New Mexico