37 in 2011

Materials are the spice of life when it comes to making your own stuff. And this year we added THIRTY SEVEN new materials to the Ponoko making hubs (not including new material thicknesses)!

Before we jump into this, one of the best ways to see what materials you can use to make stuff is to check out the Ponoko sample store.
[ USA store here ] [ NZ store here ]

Not only do you get a survey of all the materials we offer, but you can purchase samples for pretty cheap. These samples will show you the quality of the materials as well as the performance of the making process (e.g. laser-cutting, cnc routing, 3D printing.)

So here’s a roundup of all the awesome materials we added in 2011.

Ponoko USA

for lasercutting

• four new shades of leather • classic brown cardboard • chocolately brown acrylic • fluorescent green acrylic • fluorescent orange acrylic • orange tint acrylic • mirror acrylic • fluorescent pink acrylic • fluorescent blue acrylic • matte black acrylic • matte white acrylic • gray tint acrylic • light gray tint acrylic • purple tint acrylic • birch plywood • polarizing film • silicone rubber in matte black • new and improved cork • black cardstock • ivory cardstock • red cardstock

for 3D printing

• durable gloss plastic in black • durable gloss plastic in ivory • glazed ceramic • durable fine plastic • superfine plastic in ivory

for CNC routing

• baltic birch plywood • plain plywood • unfinished mdf • white coated mdf

Ponoko NZ

for lasercutting

• silver mirror acrylic • clear mylar • red polypropylene • brushed silver polypropylene • bordeaux felt • camouflage felt • white cardboard

Our digital making partners

• Formulor added 23 different materials!
Highlights include polypropylene, leather, and stamp rubber.

Other material stuff

Ponoko customer Jon also uploaded a neat video of clink-testing our 3D printed samples.)

We introduced The New Material Monthly blog post that rounds up new materials added each month.

And Yana writes a new feature that puts the spotlight on a different material each month.

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