by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every shop gets them: the RFQ with a STEP file but no drawing, a PDF with critical dimensions but no tolerances, or a napkin sketch with “make it strong” as the only spec. You could wait for clarification and risk losing the job. You could guess and risk...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
You quoted the material, the machine time, the tooling, and the finishing. The job ships, the invoice goes out, and somehow the margin is thinner than expected. The culprit? Fixturing and workholding — the custom soft jaws, vacuum tables, modular fixture plates,...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every digital manufacturer knows the feeling: you send a quote, win the job, and halfway through production realize you’re losing money. Or you quote conservatively, never hear back, and watch capacity sit idle. Both scenarios drain profitability, yet most shops...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every RFQ that lands in your inbox carries signal — not just about the part in front of you, but about your market, your processes, and your pricing blind spots. Most digital manufacturers log the outcome (won, lost, no response) and move on. The shops that scale...
by Chris Anjel | Jul 13, 2026 | Materials & Pricing, Quoting & Estimating
A single decimal place on a drawing can double the cost of a part. Tolerance callouts are one of the quietest margin killers in digital manufacturing — easy to skim past during quoting, brutally expensive once the job hits the floor. Here are the questions shops ask...
