by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Your shop does CNC well. Maybe you’ve added 3D printing. Perhaps you partner with a sheet metal vendor down the road. Individually, each process has a quoting workflow you trust. Then a customer sends one RFQ that needs all three — five machined brackets, two...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops can quote a simple CNC part or a straightforward 3D print in their sleep. But the moment a job needs turning, then milling, then heat treatment, then coating — or a hybrid build that splits between additive and subtractive — the quote turns into a...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Most shops can quote a single process in their sleep. CNC milling? You know your machine hour rate, tooling, and setup time. Laser cutting? Nesting yield and pierce time are second nature. But the jobs that actually grow revenue — the ones that keep machines running...
