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• Scrap Labs Brings Sub-$13,000 Metal 3D Printer to Public at Colorado Maker Festival April 24
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Scrap Labs debuted its Scrap 1 laser powder bed fusion metal 3D printer at the Rocky Mountain RepRap Festival in Loveland, Colorado on April 18 and 19, 2026, marking the machine’s first public appearance.
The Scrap 1 is built around a 100 x 100 x 100 mm build volume and a 200W 915 nm laser. It runs browser-based machine control and works with ScrapSlicer, PrusaSlicer, and OrcaSlicer workflows. The company is pitching it as a metal printing platform that doesn’t require enterprise-level capital to acquire.
Pricing is where Scrap Labs is trying to make its case. Kits start at $9,600, fully assembled early-bird systems come in at $12,990, and standard assembled pricing is listed at $17,990. That’s a fraction of what most commercial metal additive systems cost.
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