Your Friendly Local Machine Shop

P3D started out as a 3d printing company in the early days of open-source RepRap 3d printers. While in school, we built one essentially from spare parts since there were no kits available at the time. Once we had printed enough plastic trinkets to last several lifetimes, Katie had the idea to offer printing as a service. We put together a website and started telling others in our engineering programs about our little plastic extruding CNC machine, and the rest is history.

As we grew, we realized we wanted to make higher strength and accuracy parts than additive manufacturing could provide. Nick taught himself CNC machining at a local community hackerspace that has some machine tools. Shortly thereafter we started taking on some small machining jobs alongside our 3d printing. The two technologies complemented each other well and our business grew from a side project into our full-time jobs. We outgrew our shared workspace and set out to locate a shop space and machinery of our own.

In 2018 we moved into our current facility in Maitland, FL and quickly added a range of machinery, tools, and equipment to help serve the ever-advancing needs of our customers. We’ve built custom software systems, optimized workflows for precision prototype work, and strategically invested in automation to help achieve short lead times, high quality, and fair prices for our customers. Most importantly we take pride in our work and truly care about our customer’s needs and results above all else!

This is the story so far. We would love to be a part of your company’s story too.

Our Team

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Nick

  • Co-Founder of P3D Creations

  • Lead Machinist and Process Engineer

  • Wearer of many hats

  • Pit Crew for tiny racecars

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Katie

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Khal

  • Machinist and Programmer

  • Software Expert

  • Photography Enthusiast

THE SHOP PUPS

Sheba

  • Head of Security

  • Consumer of treats

  • Will work for belly rubs

Mando

  • Welcoming Committee

  • Smooshiest of faces

  • Will work for hugs

KIRI

  • Local Hire

  • Biggest smiler

  • Will work for kisses

Please note: Our shop pups often come to work with us, so please reach out to schedule an appointment before coming by.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Our primary CAD/CAM system is Autodesk Fusion 360 which will accept most industry standard file types without issue.

  • Our quoting form accepts most solid models as well as PDF drawings and other common file formats for supporting documents.
    Recommended file types are: STEP, SLDPRT, PDF (as support files only), DXF/DWG (as support files only)

  • We’re in Maitland, FL a little northeast of Orlando. Our machine shop is near the intersection of 17-92 and SR 414. Even if our shop isn’t near you, we’re happy to ship anywhere in the country and do so on a regular basis!

  • For speediest service, use our Contact Form for general questions, our RFQ Form if you are interested in pricing on a potential order, or send us an email at contact@p3dcreations.com
    We’re a small operation and spend most of our time on the shop floor so phone calls are difficult to manage. If you need to call, our number is (407) 801-9126. But please note that this method will have a high delay in response.

  • We do our best to accommodate all of our customers’ needs, but unfortunately we’re not set up for everything. At this time we do not offer any woodworking, automotive machining, stand alone welding, project/part design, or 3D printing.
    If you are looking for woodworking we recommend our neighbors at Grit and Grain and Integral Design. For welding we recommend McCarthy Fabrication and Yeager Manufacturing. At this time we do not have any recommendations for automotive machining or 3D printing.

  • Our most commonly requested material is aluminum, however, we accept nearly any metal or plastic material. We are well experienced in aluminum, soft carbon steels, heat treated steels, stainless steels, titanium, brass, copper, acrylic, acetal, nylon, HDPE, and polycarbonate.

    At this time we do not offer machining for ceramics, fiberglass composites, or carbon fiber.