Hoffman Engineering

3D Printer Setup for Chattanooga Businesses

Get your printer set up and making real parts on day one, without wondering if you're about to break something expensive.

From a sealed box to a finished part

You know a 3D printer can help your business make that fixture, prototype, or product you've been thinking about. Getting from a sealed box to a finished part is where most people get stuck. The machine looks complicated, and nobody wants to wreck a new printer before it's made a single part.

I've set up more printers than I can count and taught people from 10 to 70 how to use them. I'll come to your shop, get your printer running in just a couple hours, and teach you how to take a model, slice it, and send it to print. You'll also learn the basic maintenance, like changing filament and swapping a nozzle, so you aren't stuck calling someone every time something needs attention.

A pair of multicolor sneakers partway through printing on the build plate of a Bambu Lab H2S

What's included $199

Bambu Lab and most other FDM printers are supported. Serving the Chattanooga area out to Soddy-Daisy, Cleveland, Dalton, and LaFayette.

  1. Unboxing, assembly, and calibration
  2. Slicer software installed on your computer
  3. Hands-on training: from model to slicer to finished print
  4. Basics: filament changes and nozzle swaps
  5. A test print, so you know it works before I leave

Bonus

Need the part designed too?

If your idea needs more than a printer, I'm a mechanical engineer, and I can help design the part too. Your setup fee is credited toward any design project booked within 60 days.

See My Design Work →
A finished 3D-printed black sneaker with white laces, a white sole, and red and blue trim

Ready to get your printer running?

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