Guides
What we have learned building this, and what the shops using it have told us. Follow by RSS.
Pricing an OrcaSlicer file in LayerFlow3D
Which OrcaSlicer exports LayerFlow3D reads, what it takes from them in the workshop and on a shop page, and how a sliced file becomes a price, with a worked example you can repeat.
Read it →Which software a 3D print shop needs, and in what order
A plain map of 3D print shop software - orders and costing, printer control, failure detection, stock - what each kind is for, one job traced through end to end, and what most shops can skip for a year.
Read it →Setting up a Bambu print farm, Developer Mode included
How to run several Bambu Lab printers as a farm: network mode, what Developer Mode is for, and what you give up either way.
Read it →Filament inventory that does not drift
Why spool counts stop matching reality, and the small number of habits that keep filament stock honest without anybody weighing everything on a Sunday.
Read it →Selling prints through an Instagram bio link
How to turn a printing account into a shop that takes orders without you, and stop losing half of them in the DMs.
Read it →Starting a 3D print farm: the first ten decisions
The ten choices that are expensive to reverse later, from what you print to how you know whether the month made money.
Read it →What to charge for a 3D print
A practical method for pricing a print that covers your filament, your machine and your own time, and still leaves something over.
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