| Before the internet came along, it was | | | | customers the freedom to customize machine |
| virtually impossible to order for custom-made | | | | parts using standard machine shop practices |
| machine parts without spending a fortune and | | | | such as injection molding, milling, turning, |
| lots of time. Interested parties would often | | | | laser cutting, jet cutting, wire EDM, |
| give up on worthy projects simply for lack of | | | | tapping, bending, blanking, punching, |
| time, money, or both. However, with the | | | | cutting, plastic extrusion. |
| emergence of world's first true online | | | | |
| machine shop, ordinary consumers can make | | | | The online machine shop puts total design |
| use of free, easy-to-use 3D CAD drawing | | | | power in the end user's hands. free drawing |
| software to design objects like personal | | | | software allows you to choose a machine or |
| computer chassis, car parts, and even door | | | | process, draw the part or parts required and |
| knobs in wide range of materials including | | | | then click to order. It is easy and it is |
| metal and many kinds of plastics. | | | | fast. Customer's request is almost instantly |
| | | | machined and delivered - at a reasonable |
| It is a first of its kind of shop that allows | | | | cost. |