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I am considering purchasing one or two printers from MarkForged - potentially an Onyx followed by a Mark Two. These seem to best fit the items that I am printing. A strong consideration in the purchase will be estimating the earning potential of posting the machines to 3D Hubs -

These would be set up with the Onyx base material initially but the Mark Two could also be a Nylon + filament machine

The Mark Two would likely be running Nylon/Kevlar for my work.

They will be located in Fullerton CA (92833) -

Are there any tools for estimating the need for these types of machines within 3DHubs?

Thanks!

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I am sure 3D Hubs will know how many orders they have processed with these specific materials, but I doubt they will tell you.

From what I can find here on 3D Hubs, there are only about 51 Hubs listed which provide the Onyx material you mentioned and these are scattered all over the globe. And it’s not like each of these has hundreds of reviews.

I do assume that order for these materials will be higher priced order, but of course, this does not say anything about profit margins.

If you want to do this search yourself, just go the the main page - select materials - select fiber reinforced nylon - select More - keep your location blank - and you will see all Hubs (AFAIK) which offer this service.

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I actually got some very helpful information from one of the support team - Continuous Fiber prints are 1.7% of their total work currently (globally) and the closest machine to my location is 50 miles away.

I will try to use the link you are suggesting to see how much is done in the Onyx material.

Currently there IS a waiting list to join as a hub and the status isn’t viewable yet but they are working on it.

In my case, I was also curious how the workflow is handled, as the fiber placement is done during slicing - and the actual customer isn’t likely to have the slicing software for the specific machine - it requires an additional level of communication and planning -

The Onyx prints are more normal, just a specific material - the slicing software for those machines seems to do an exceptional job of calculating shrinkage and parts seem to be very close to actual dimension - which is helpful for finals use parts.