You describe it. I work out what it has to be.
New equipment, a machine, a fixture, a structure, a one-off nobody sells. You don’t need drawings to start — you need somebody who can turn what you’re describing into something a shop can price and build.
Tell me what it has to do
Not what it should look like. What goes in, what comes out, what it has to fit between, what it has to survive, and who has to service it on a Sunday.
I measure what it’s going next to
On site with a tape, or with a scanner when the surrounding equipment has no drawings anywhere. Guessing at this stage is why parts come back.
You get a package a shop can quote
Model, shop drawings, cut files, nests, hardware schedule. Take it to your shop, or to three shops, and get real numbers against the same drawing.
Drawn by somebody who has built things
Twenty years on the tools comes out in small decisions that cost nothing to draw and save hours to build. Parts that locate against each other instead of needing squaring. Feet that only seat one way round, so the assembly can’t go together wrong. A notch cut on the same path as the outline, so the feature is free to produce and removes a jig. None of that shows up in a quote. All of it shows up on the floor.
Pulp mill pump standDesigned from nothing. Split level so the pump lifts out without touching the motor.
Case study →
Stainless discharge chuteModelled onto the machine first, so the hinge line was settled before anything was cut.
Modular fixture tableBuilt in sections, so it goes together to whatever size the bay allows.
Photos and a description are enough to start. If it isn’t a fit, I’ll tell you in an hour rather than waste your week.
Tell me what you’re trying to build
A phone call and a few photos is enough to know whether this is worth either of our time. If it isn’t, I’ll say so.