How to Choose the Right 3D Printing Service in the UK: FDM, SLA or SLS?
Choosing the right 3D printing service in the UK can be tricky. This guide breaks down the key differences between FDM, SLA, and SLS technologies to help you pick the best option for your project’s needs, budget, and finish quality.
Blog Post: Early May Bank Holiday 2025
Home Make the Most of the Bank Holiday with Custom 3D Prints from SGD 3D As the UK gears up for the May bank holiday, there’s no better time to kick back, relax — and get creative! Whether you’re planning a quiet weekend at home or looking for something unique to bring to a gathering, […]
Blog Post: Earth Day 2025
Home 🌍 Earth Day 2025: Restoring Our Planet, One Action at a Time Every year on April 22nd, people around the world unite to celebrate Earth Day—a global movement dedicated to protecting the planet and promoting environmental sustainability. In 2025, the theme is “Planet vs. Plastics”—a rallying cry to drastically reduce plastic production, use, and […]
Blog Post: Easter Holiday 2025 Opening Times
Important Update: Our offices will be closed on 18/04/2025 until 22/04/2025 – any orders placed will still be processed automatically.
Blog Post: Heroforge 3D Printing Service – How to 3D Print Miniatures
Heroforge characters are typically exported out at 30mm height and 1” base diameter when downloaded from the app. This is sometimes okay for some 3D printing technologies; however, some small details and complex geometry may not translate well on a small scale.
We recommend scaling the model to a larger size to improve the level of surface detail. As different 3D printing technologies have various constraints & minimum design requirements. Check out our design guide for more information.
Blog Post: 3D Printing Price – 11 Tips to Help Reduce Your Project Cost
It’s no secret that 3D printing costs & prices can be expensive compared to other manufacturing processes, however the advantage of 3D printing with additive manufacturing services such as SGD is there’s no upfront fixed costs such as tooling, low volume requirements (yes we accept single part orders!) and flexible production for just in time […]
Using 3D Printed Jigs & Fixtures For Manufacturing
Often when we hear about 3D printing, we hear about recent headlines such as; Defence Distributed or the amazing advances in medical design. Such as the National Health Service (NHS) incorporating rapid prototyping into their routines for carrying our complex surgical procedures and planning the operation using accurate parts produced from CT scans: https://www.med-technews.com/features/london-nhs-trust-uses-3d-printing-to-transplant/ However there’s a bigger, […]
Blog Post – 3D Printed Car Part
At our 3D printing service we get quite a few quirky and wonderful printing requests. This week we completed a custom 3D print for a customer who was a vintage Alfa Romeo vehicle owner. Unfortunately due to the dishonesty of someone, this part was stolen from their car. The owner spent countless hours trying to source […]
Fulfilled by 3D Hubs Closing To Outside Hubs
This afternoon I received this email from 3D Hubs announcing that 3D Hubs will no longer be allowing outside manufacturing out of their ‘fulfilled by 3D Hubs’ system. Luckily we managed to get out of the system early and build a good steady revenue, without paying the 15% commision that 3D Hubs demanded. I feel […]