by Chris Anjel | Sep 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most digital manufacturers treat jigs and fixtures as an afterthought — quick to quote, easy to underprice. But tooling often carries hidden complexity: design iterations, specialized materials, precision machining, and inspection requirements that don’t show up...
by Chris Anjel | Sep 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every shop gets them: RFQs with a STEP file but no material callout, a 2D drawing missing tolerances, or a quantity field left blank. Incomplete RFQs are the norm, not the exception. The shops that win the work aren’t the ones waiting for perfect data —...
by Chris Anjel | Sep 4, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops start quoting by weight. It’s simple: take the part volume, multiply by material density, add a markup, and send the number. For early-stage 3D printing bureaus running one or two machines, that works fine. But as soon as you add processes, materials, or...
by Chris Anjel | Sep 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every shop knows the feeling: an RFQ lands in your inbox with a STEP file, a quantity, and not much else. No material spec. No tolerance callout. No surface finish requirement. No heat treatment note. Just “please quote.”In digital manufacturing — whether...
by Chris Anjel | Sep 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Threaded features look simple on a drawing — a hole with a note like M6 × 1.0 6H — but they quietly derail quotes. Miss a tolerance class, forget a gauge check, or pick the wrong creation method, and you absorb rework or scrap costs that erase margin. Below is a...
