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Materials
What runs through the shop day to day: the common metals, the copper alloys, the tool steels, the exotics and a lot of engineering plastic. If yours is not listed, ask.
Aluminum & red metals
- 6061 · 7075 · 2024 · 5052
- MIC-6 cast plate
- Copper (101, 110)
- Brass (360 and others)
- Bronze and bearing bronze
Steel & stainless
- 1018 · 1045 · 4140
- A36 plate
- 303 · 304 · 316
- 17-4 PH
- Pure nickel
Tool steel & exotics
- A2 · D2 · O1 · S7
- Titanium
- Inconel
- Hastelloy
- Hardened and pre-hard stock
Plastics
- Delrin / acetal
- Nylon · UHMW
- PTFE (Teflon)
- PEEK · Ultem
- Other engineering plastics
Processing
Heat treat, grind, plate, coat.
Most parts need something done to them after the chips stop. We route it, track it and inspect it when it comes back, so it is one purchase order for you.
Heat treat & stress relief
Routine. We send it, we track it, it comes back into the job.
Finish grinding
In-house surface grinding; cylindrical and precision grinding through our partners.
EDM
Sinker, wire and hole-popper through shops we use every week.
Plating & coating
Anodize, nickel, black oxide, electropolish, paint and powder coat.
Sheet metal & large fab
Bigger than our shear and brake — we manage it through our fabrication partners.
Certified welding
When a weld needs a stamp, it goes to welders we have used for years. It still comes back here to be machined.
Choosing material
If you are not sure what to specify, tell us what the part has to do — the load, the environment, whether it gets hot, whether it gets wet, whether anyone has to lift it. We will suggest something that machines well and costs less than the obvious choice more often than you would think.
A few we get asked about
- 6061 vs 7075 aluminum. 7075 is markedly stronger and markedly more expensive. Most brackets and housings do not need it.
- 304 vs 316 stainless. 316 buys you chloride resistance — marine, food, chemical. Indoors and dry, 304 is usually plenty.
- 4140 pre-hard. Strong, machinable and no heat treat step afterwards. A good default for shafts and highly loaded parts.
- Inconel and Hastelloy. We run them. They are slow, hard on tooling and priced accordingly — if the part does not actually see the heat or the chemistry, there is usually a cheaper alloy that does the job.
- Delrin vs UHMW vs PEEK. Delrin machines to tight tolerance and holds its shape; UHMW slides better and takes abuse; PEEK does both at temperature, at several times the cost.
Request a Quote
Send a print. Get a real number back.
A dimensioned drawing — the tolerances live there — and the STEP model if the part has any complexity. Tell us the quantity — per release and per year if it repeats — the material and when you need it. Production program? Say so and we quote at volume. Urgent job? Call after you submit.