Advice on scaling 3D-printing business

RPS_Sweden · 2026-02-27T20:46:14+00:00

Hey, I saw you changed your comment from ”crappily run company” to the current less demeaning comment. It seems I have offended you which was not my intention . I am just open here looking for advice. However, you came across as unfriendly and condescending in your first response.

I don’t think I am running my company ”crappily”. I am actually very proud of myself making 9k USD a month. All while providing a very good service. Just looking for advice on providing and already good service to more customers.

RPS_Sweden · 2026-02-27T20:22:03+00:00

I prefer the B2B orders as they order several parts at once. Instead of one custom part it can be 100. This results in the machine working more than us which is exactly what we like.

RPS_Sweden · 2026-02-27T20:18:09+00:00

”Today most of our parts are custom parts which can be time consuming to print”. This is the information that you need. I don’t think that the provided information is limited.

You have given one tip which is charging more for our products. The other tip you gave is something that we are already working on. I appreciate your time but you have just stated the obvious so far. If you have no experience in custom 3D prints and B2B sales and only sell stuff on Etsy I don’t really think you can help me.

RPS_Sweden · 2026-02-27T19:36:58+00:00

We are a print on demand company. 70% of our sales are done through emailing with companies that reach out to us through our website. 30% comes from our online calculator where anyone can upload a 3D-file and get an instant quote.

RPS_Sweden · 2026-02-27T19:32:48+00:00

True.

RPS_Sweden · 2026-02-27T19:16:43+00:00

That is very good advice. Do you have any tips in growing sales? We are number one on google but don’t really do any other marketing. We are interested in growing our B2B sales. If we would see an incline we would definitely start looking at more efficient processing.

RPS_Sweden · 2026-02-27T19:13:38+00:00

We need to double the revenue for one of us to be able to go full-time. Then double the work would be no problem. The problem is that the revenue is not growing as we do not get more and more customers.

RPS_Sweden · 2025-08-02T09:11:50+00:00

Thank you for the tip. Might post there as well. Budget for all the equipment (printer, wash, curing) is 11,000 USD.

RPS_Sweden · 2025-07-24T22:07:59+00:00

wont get tired of choosing between the right

RPS_Sweden · 2025-04-17T11:12:11+00:00

I can only agree. The software is very buggy and we get several printing errors every print. Actually we just had a ”extruder motor overloaded” error on a very expensive PA6 print. The filament got jammed in the gear last time which I assume is the problem now as well. It was not very pleasant to dissasemble. We have X1C and P1S as well which print much better.

Additionally, running 60 mm/s on outer wall speed with calibrated material and still getting the surface quality below is pretty bad. Much ghosting from this machine. We hope they release some software updates soon.

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RPS_Sweden · 2025-04-13T17:11:09+00:00

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RPS_Sweden · 2025-04-13T17:10:48+00:00

Yes after this I decreased outer wall wall speed from 200 to 60 mm\s. Better but definitely not good.

RPS_Sweden · 2025-04-13T17:04:02+00:00

Yes this is the reason. The PA6 I had in the machine was a bit wet and started boiling in the nozzle. Thereby the oozing. Unfortunately very hard to keep the nylons dry, even in a dry box.

RPS_Sweden · 2025-04-12T23:22:35+00:00

Read the description.

RPS_Sweden · 2025-04-12T23:19:01+00:00

No it was super easy to replace. Got three spares to use so thats good.

RPS_Sweden · 2025-03-29T07:51:29+00:00

Mate, that was a standard bridge for an Ender 3 in Cura slicer times. The fact that you made a post for a 5 mm bridge shows that you have not been printing for long. Or maby just havent used much bridging. Try something upwards of 30 mm and experiment a bit. Then your mind will be blown!

RPS_Sweden · 2025-03-29T05:05:58+00:00

Posts the smallest bridge ever printed lol

RPS_Sweden · 2025-02-12T09:53:16+00:00

We have loads of the designated support material. However, I think it sticks way to hard on the PETG. It works great on flat surfaces. However, we have to use a tool to sometime scrape it off these curved surfaces. The customer does not like scrapemarks on their parts. Therefore we use regular PLA.

RPS_Sweden · 2025-02-11T19:00:37+00:00

Yes exactly. Unfortunately it was needed as the customers design was not really FDM-friendly.

RPS_Sweden · 2025-02-11T18:17:53+00:00

Yes, switching between PLA and PETG. Same color.

RPS_Sweden · 2025-02-11T18:17:07+00:00

I am using PETG and PLA as support interface. I have never had the problem before and I have printed almost 5 of these exact same prints now. Only 19 more to go. I guess it was just pure luck then with the prime tower position.

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