Describe it, and we’ll work out how to make it
Most of what leaves this shop was never in a catalogue. Someone needed a thing that didn’t exist — a fitting for a C&C or Tartan or Tanzer where the original part is long discontinued, a trophy that had to mean something specific, a fixture to solve a problem in their own workshop — and described it well enough that we could build it.
No minimum orders. One is a perfectly good quantity.
What we can work with
| Process | What that means for you |
|---|---|
| CNC routing & machining | Parts cut and shaped from brass, aluminium, hardwood or plastic — anything from an award to a mounting bracket |
| Laser cutting & engraving | Fine detail work, signage, nameplates, thin stock cut to shape |
| 3D printing | Prototypes, complex shapes, low-volume plastic parts and fixtures |
| Hand finishing | Sanding, polishing, oiling, epoxy inlay, assembly — the work that decides whether a piece looks good |
Materials we use regularly: solid brass, aluminium, hardwoods (walnut, maple, mulberry), sheet plastics, PLA and PETG, and dacron.
How it works
- Tell us what you need. A description, a sketch, a photo of the broken original, or a CAD file — whatever you have. You do not need a drawing.
- We come back with an approach and a price. Including what’s straightforward, what’s awkward, and where the cost actually sits. If we think you’d be better served buying something off the shelf, we’ll say so.
- Prototypes and iteration. Most bespoke jobs go through a series of test pieces and intermediate steps before the final version. You see progress along the way and we adjust as we go — materials, fit, finish — until it’s right.
- Final piece and delivery. Pickup in Ontario, or shipping across Canada.
What makes a job go well
The best results come from problems, not specifications. “I need a bracket, 40mm, in aluminium” is answerable. “There’s nowhere to mount my instrument display and the surface is curved” is better — because then we can solve the actual problem rather than build to a guess.
Send photos. Send measurements if you have them, and say so if you don’t.
What we won’t do
- Work that needs certification we can’t provide — structural, load-bearing or safety-critical parts where failure has consequences we’re not equipped to underwrite
- Reproductions of someone else’s protected design
- Volumes better served by an injection moulder