Shapeways
Pros- Laser Sintered Stainless Steel
- Full Color
- Shapeway Shops You design it, they sell it for you
- No Laser Cutter
- Grouping parts for assemblys is problematic
- Can not currently ship fasteners with orders
Ponoko
Pros- Laser Cutting
- Easy to use templates
- Leather!?
- Online Shops
- Can sell your design or finished product
- Seller can ship finished and assembled product to customers
- The interface is occasionally somewhat dis-intuitive
- Only flat things
Protomold
Pros- Injection molded parts
- Sample
- Prices start at $1495
- Quotes are not instantaneous
First Cut
Pros- Solid Plastic
- Aluminum
- More expensive than 3D Printing, prices start at $95
RedEye on Demand
ProsCons
- $150 Minimum
QuickParts
Pros- Wide range of processes
- Metal Casting
- Sheet Metal
- Samples
- Fast lead Times
- Cost
- Some quotes are not instant
While this quick roundup of prototyping services is obviously biased. I think most of these companies serve slightly different prototyping needs and may be more or less useful at different stages of making.
Any other suggestions?
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