Made to the drawing. Measured before it leaves.
Laser cutting, CNC machining, folding, welding and finishing for steel, stainless and aluminium parts, from one-off repairs to repeat runs. Send a drawing and you get a quote you can check line by line, or the questions we need answered first.
AI-generated concept image · fictional workshop
One part, seven stations, one route.
Follow a bracket from the plate rack to the roller door. Every job takes the same documented route, and each station has a check and a record.
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Plate rack
Plate, bar and tube come off the rack against a cut list taken from the drawing, with the heat number noted when the job needs it.
- Grades
- 250 · 304 · 316L · 5052 · 6061
- Certs
- Kept against the job
Fibre laser
Profiles are nested on the sheet and cut, holes and slots included. Nothing is drilled that the laser can cut cleanly.
- Bed
- 3000 × 1500 mm
- Capacity
- 20 mm mild · 12 mm S/S
Press brake
Bends go to angle and flange length. The first part off is checked against the drawing before the rest are folded.
- Press
- 135 t · 3.1 m
- Tooling
- Segmented
Weld bay
Parts are fitted in a fixture, tacked, checked for square, then welded to the symbol on the drawing.
- Process
- MIG and TIG
- Joins
- Steel · S/S · Al
CNC cell
Bores and datum faces are cut after welding, so weld heat cannot pull them out of tolerance.
- VMC
- 1020 × 540 × 510 mm
- Lathe
- Ø320 × 600 mm
Granite plate
Every part is measured against the drawing. The first article of each new revision is ballooned, measured and recorded.
- First article
- Every new revision
- Kit
- Height gauge · bore gauges
Roller door
Packed, strapped and released with the paperwork the job asked for. Lead times are quoted subject to confirmed capacity.
- Hours
- Mon–Fri · 6:30–15:30
- Collect
- Or freight, your choice
Concept visualisation · AI-generated stills of a fictional workshop · equipment illustrative
Take one apart.
Six pieces, one bracket.
DP-01 from our sample drawing pack: a welded and machined motor mount, 316L stainless, 40 off. Scroll and it comes apart into the pieces we actually price.
- Envelope
- 160 × 120 × 130 mm
- Bore
- Ø40 H7
Base plate
Laser cut · face milled after weld
Cut from 12 mm 316L plate with the four mounting holes in the same program. The underside is skimmed flat once welding is done.
- Blank
- 170 × 130 × 12 mm
- Holes
- 4× Ø11 THRU
- Flatness
- 0.05
Upright
Laser cut
Same plate, same nest. The Ø41 clearance lets the boss sit square to the base before it is welded in.
- Size
- 160 × 118 × 12 mm
- Corners
- R10 ×2
Gussets
Laser cut · fitted in a fixture
Two triangles nested in the offcut beside the uprights. They carry load from the boss down into the base.
- Size
- 80 × 80 × 10 mm
- Per part
- 2
Boss
CNC turned · bored after weld
Turned from Ø75 bar. The bore is finished to H7 on the mill after welding, so it ends up square to the base, not to wherever the heat left it.
- Size
- Ø70 × 20 mm
- Bore
- Ø40 H7
- Square
- 0.05 to datum A
Weld beads
TIG welding
6 mm fillets both sides of each gusset and all round the boss root. Welding is quoted by length, not by guess.
- Spec
- 6 mm fillet, TIG
- Per part
- 860 mm
Cap screws
Not supplied
Four M10 cap screws hold the bracket down on site. They are the customer’s, so they appear on the quote as an exclusion rather than a cost.
- Size
- 4× M10 SHCS
- On the quote
- Excluded
Back together
Job card order
Cut, turn, fit, weld, machine, inspect, passivate: the same order the job card runs on the floor.
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Then it becomes the quote.
Estimate · RFQ-1041 · 40 off
- Subtotal ex GST
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- GST 10%
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- Total inc GST
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Calculated in your browser by the estimating workspace's own code, from fictional rate card 2026.3. About – a part all-in, ex GST. The finish and quantity questions are still open, so this is a draft, not an offer.
Open it in the estimating workspace
Send the drawing. Get a quote you can check.
We read the drawing and your email side by side. Where they disagree (50 off in the email, 40 on the title block; 304 in the request, 316L on the drawing) we ask rather than guess.
- A
Every requirement traced to its source
Material, quantity, tolerances and finish are noted against the place they appear on the drawing.
- B
Calculated from a published rate card
Material by mass, setup, cycle times and labour rates: the same arithmetic every time, rounded once per line.
- C
Assumptions and exclusions in writing
Lead times are subject to confirmed capacity. Nothing on a quote is a promise we haven't checked.
Stocked grades. Traceable when it matters.
Mill certificates are kept against the job when the supplier provides them. Quoted mass comes from volume × density, never from a guess at the scales.
| Grade | Density | Plate |
|---|---|---|
| Mild steel AS/NZS 3678-250 | 7850 kg/m³ | 1.6–25 mm |
| Stainless 304 · 316L | 7930–7980 | 0.9–16 mm |
| Aluminium 5052 · 5083 · 6061 | 2660–2700 | 1.0–20 mm |
Project sheets
Concept project sheets showing the kind of work this shop is set up for: route, material, tolerances and checks. Illustrative, not client jobs.
Quality is a record, not a badge.
There are no logos on this page. Instead, here is how a part gets checked: first article against the drawing, in-process checks at each operation, and a report you can file.
- FAI
First article, every new revision
Every dimension on the drawing ballooned and measured before the batch runs.
- IPC
In-process checks
Critical features checked at the machine at a set frequency, recorded on the job card.
- NCR
Non-conformance, in the open
If something is out, you hear about it with the measurement and the proposed fix.
Got a drawing? Send it over.
PDF, DXF or STEP plus a quantity and a due date is enough to start. You get a quote back, or a short list of questions.
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