by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Reverse engineering requests land in your inbox with a physical part and a simple ask: “Can you make this?” What follows is rarely simple. Between 3D scanning cleanup, CAD reconstruction decisions, and iterative inspection loops, these jobs consume more...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Legacy part reproduction requests are common in digital manufacturing. A customer needs a replacement for a discontinued component, the original drawings are lost, and the part must match form, fit, and function. Quoting these jobs requires a different approach than...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Reverse engineering requests land in your inbox with a broken part, a worn tool, or a legacy component and a simple ask: “Can you make this again?” The customer sees duplication. You see a chain of unknowns — scanning resolution, CAD reconstruction, material matching,...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
It’s a familiar scenario: a customer emails Friday afternoon. Their production line is down. They need a replacement bracket, gear housing, or custom fixture — yesterday. They don’t have CAD. They don’t have drawings. They have the broken part in a...
by Chris Anjel | Aug 26, 2026 | Uncategorized
Every shop gets the call: a customer needs a replacement part for equipment built twenty years ago. The original drawings are lost, the OEM is gone, and all they have is a worn-out sample sitting on a pallet. For digital manufacturers, these legacy part requests are...
