3D Printing and Laser cutting

Request a laser cutting or 3D printing service

This form is for you to request the City of Sydney (‘City’) provide 3D printing or laser cutting services (terms and conditions, and charges, apply)
Do you have a library membership?*

YesNo
Sign up for a library membership before proceeding
What type of service do you need?*

3D printingLaser cutting
3D printing services can be accessed through your City of Sydney Library membership.

We’ll reply to your request by email within 7 days to either confirm a cost with you or cancel your request if it goes beyond our service delivery.

Allow at least 14 days for your request to be completed.
- This service has a fee of $5 per job request plus $3 per hour of print time.
- The cost is capped at $30 with a maximum 10 hour print time.
- Printing size is limited to 115mm x 95mm x 100mm
- 3D printing is limited to processing onto a single build plate.
- The requisite file formats are .obj, .thing and .stl files only with a maximum of 30mb size.
We don't have the capacity to edit or amend printing and will help where possible with placement or adjustment of the scale of a request.

If you need help with formatting or any other aspect of the job, please leave a note below.
Your job can be up to a maximum area of 300mm x 600mm. File formats that we can accept include:

Adobe Illustrator (ai), Adobe PDF (pdf), Illustrator EPS (eps), Illustrator Template (ait), SVG (svg), SVG Compressed (svgz). Cut lines must be RGB red 0.001mm. Etch lines must be RGB black. Free vector editing software suites are available online including Inkscape and Vecteezy. Access to the Adobe Suite is available to library members in some of our branches. Charges may apply. Call us on 02 9265 9333 to find out where.

We use a Trotec Speedy 100 laser cutter.
Name *

First nameLast name
Library membership number*
14 digit number
Email*
Contact number*
Staff will be in contact with you within 7 days via email to provide a quote for your request
Select your preferred filament colour, we use Ultimaker tough PLA*

BlackWhite
Is your file from a site such as Thingiverse, Cults or Pinshape or is it your own design?*

It's my own design.I downloaded it from an open source platform.
Name of file*
Web link if the file can be found online.
Upload your 3D file (thing, stl, obj, jpg, zip) maximum 30MB*

If your file is larger than 30MB please contact makerspace@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
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Select your preferred material.*

3mm plywood6mm plywood3mm acrylic - Colour choice subject to availability
3mm acrylic colour options*

BlackWhiteYellowBlueRed
Upload your file for laser cutting (ai, pdf, eps, ait, svg, svgz) maximum 30MB*

If your file is larger than 30MB please contact makerspace@cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au
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If you need help with formatting or any other aspect of the job, let us know

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