LayerLab 3D is a fictional business. This website is a front-end demonstration, not a real service.What is simulated

Custom 3D printing for prototypes, parts and short runs.

Upload an STL or OBJ file and get a fixed price the same working day. We print in FDM and resin, finish and check every part, then hand it over for collection or courier it to you.

A 3D printer with a blue light building a small yellow part
LL-2061Printing

Gimbal bracket v3, PETG

Layer 184 of 4121 h 16 min left

Sample job. Progress is simulated.

Minimum order value
R180
Typical FDM turnaround
2 to 5 working days
Finest layer height
0.05 mm in resin
Accepted model files
STL and OBJ

Pick the material by what the part has to survive

Heat, sunlight, impact and flex all point to different plastics. Choose one to see its strengths, price per gram and the colours we stock.

Loading materials.

Scores are relative within our range. Prices are indicative, in rand, and fictional like the rest of this demo.

Recent work

A sample of completed jobs, with the settings used. All clients are invented for this demo.

A maker assembling a large orange 3D printed object in a workshop

Trade stand display model

Five printed sections joined into a 900 mm showpiece for an outdoor equipment launch.

PLA+, 0.28 mm layers, sanded and primed, 5 parts

A grey electronic connector being printed

Connector housings

Forty housings for a sensor start-up, printed in one batch with identical settings.

PETG, 0.16 mm layers, 40 parts

A 3D printer on a workbench beside filament spools and printed parts

Field sensor enclosures

UV stable housings with heat-set inserts, built to sit on a fence post for years.

ASA, 0.2 mm layers, vapour smoothed, 4 parts

A dual-head printer making two identical parts at once

Flexible grips and gaskets

Two parts per print cycle, so a run of two hundred finished in under a week.

TPU 95A, 0.2 mm layers, 200 parts

Print head moving over a colourful printed object

Colour study models

Six finishes of one product shape, printed together so the client could compare them side by side.

PLA+, 0.12 mm layers, 6 parts

From file to finished part

Four steps, and you can see where a job stands at every one of them in the customer portal.

  1. Send your model

    Upload an STL or OBJ file in the portal. We check it for thin walls, open edges and scale mistakes before quoting.

    Files up to 25 MB in this demo

  2. Get a fixed quote

    Most quotes arrive the same working day. The price covers printing, support removal and packing.

    Valid for 7 days

  3. We print and finish

    Parts are printed, cleaned, checked against your model and photographed before they leave the studio.

    2 to 5 working days for most FDM jobs

  4. Collect or courier

    Collect from the studio or use a tracked courier. Every stage is logged against your order.

    Courier rates quoted per order

What customers say

The first batch of brackets fit the frame without any filing. The reprint after our design change arrived two days later.
Naledi DubeMechanical engineer, Ridge Robotics
I send STL files at night and have a price by mid-morning. Repeat orders take two clicks in the portal.
Marcus PretoriusFounder, Pretorius Bike Components
The resin masters came out crisp enough to cast from directly, and the surface needed almost no cleanup.
Aisha KhanJewellery designer, Khan & Co

These testimonials and the people and companies in them are fictional, written for this demonstration.

Have a model ready?

Log in to the demo portal with the sample account, drop in an STL file and watch the quote form measure it. Nothing is uploaded, so you can try it with any model.

Contact information

Studio

Unit 7, Foundry Yard
Cape Town, South Africa
Fictional address

Hours

Monday to Friday
08:00 to 17:00

Talk to us

[email protected]
+27 21 000 0123

WhatsApp

Message the studio
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