Many clients come to me with the process already decided. "I need this 3D printed." "Can you laser cut this?" Often that first idea is not the best way to make the part. So before I recommend anything, I ask what the part has to do: carry a load, look beautiful, survive outdoors, be made once or a hundred times, be ready by Friday. The right process follows from the answers. Here is how I decide in my workshop in Berlin. The short answer A flat part cut from a sheet, or an en