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You have an idea for a THING™.
You're not sure how to get started. That's fine. An idea is enough to start the conversation.
A brief field guide
10 Things About Your THING™
Products, parts, mechanisms, prototypes, fixtures, electronics, machines, weird ideas on napkins—we're not terribly concerned with what you call it.
02
What does your THING™ need to do?
Survive a fall? Flex? Carry a load? Seal fluid? Fit in someone's hand? We'll start with the requirements and figure out how to make it.
03
You only need a few THINGS™.
If you need five, fifty, or five hundred parts, production tooling may make absolutely no sense. We'll use the process that does.
04
Your THING™ is complicated.
Mechanical design. Electronics. PCB design. Firmware. Software. Materials. Assembly. Real products rarely stay neatly inside one discipline.
05
Your THING™ broke.
Good. Now we have evidence. Let's figure out what failed, why it failed, and what needs to change.
06
You have an old THING™.
No drawing. No CAD. Manufacturer disappeared in 1987. We can scan it, measure it, reverse engineer it, and figure out how to make another one.
07
Your THING™ needs to be made differently.
Different material. Different geometry. Different process. Sometimes the problem isn't the design. Sometimes it's how the design is being made.
08
You need a lot more THINGS™.
Once the design works, the problem changes. Now we're talking repeatability, assembly, supply chain, tooling, process control, and manufacturing.
09
You need the THING™ Tuesday.
Okay. Let's see what's possible.
10
We said ten things. There are nine. We know.
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Tell us about
your THING™.
You don't need to know what process you need. You don't need CAD. You don't need all the answers. You just need a THING™ worth figuring out.
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