Specialty

Wood: full cost overview

Wood-fill PLA mixes 20–40% fine wood particles into PLA pellets, producing parts with a sanded-pine appearance and aroma during printing. Prints like PLA but slightly more abrasive on the nozzle (hardened recommended). Sells well in decorative niches: lamps, signage, picture frames.

Specs

Typical price: ~$35.00/kg
Print temperature: 190–220 °C
Bed temperature: 50–60 °C
Enclosed chamber: Optional
Food-safe: No
Difficulty: ★★☆☆☆

When to use

• Decorative signage and lettering
• Picture frames and lamp shades
• Toys with a craft-store aesthetic
• Anything sold as 'wooden' but printed

When NOT to use

• Functional load-bearing parts
• Engineering prototypes
• Detailed miniatures (lower resolution)
• Parts that need precise dimensions

Sample calculation

For a 50 g part on a Bambu Lab A1, 6 h print time and 8% failure rate. Currency follows your selection at the top.

Filament$1.75
Energy$0.14
Amortization$0.15
Failures (8%)$0.16
Unit Cost$2.20
Final Consumer Price (3× / 6% / 2%)$9.58

Best printers for Wood

These models in our catalog handle Wood reliably out of the box — picked by enclosure, hotend temperature and drive system, not marketing.

Wood head-to-heads

Filament showdown
Wood vs PLA

TPU

~$30.00/kg · 220–240 °C

PVA

~$55.00/kg · 180–210 °C

Silk

~$30.00/kg · 210–230 °C