HOW IT WORKS
CNC parts, without the back-and-forth.
You upload a 3D file and our software prices it in seconds. You choose the delivery date before you pay, robots machine the part, and it arrives on that date.
From your 3D file to your door, in six steps.
No calls and no back-and-forth. You see the price and choose the delivery date before you pay.
BEHIND THE QUOTE
A shop that runs itself, from your order to the box.
The moment you pay, our ERP takes over. It books real machine time, has the material ready, and lines the job up for the robots. AI keeps the schedule honest, and vision and radar watch every cycle. That is how we promise a date, and keep it.
- Order in, machine time bookedERP
- Material staged for your jobERP
- Schedule balanced across the cellsAI
- Robots load, machine, unloadRobotics
- Every cycle watchedVision + radar
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LIVE VIEW
Watch your part being made.
Open your order and see the Axton station running your job, live from the camera above its cabinet: the arm, the trays and the machine. Which part, which operation, how far along. No calls to ask where your order is.
- Live camera above the Axton station
- Part count and operation in real time
- Your ship date, always in view
REPEAT ORDERS
Order the same part again in two clicks.
Every part you have made lives in your dashboard: the file, the material, the finish, the last price. Pick a quantity, pick a date, and it goes straight back into the schedule. No re-upload, no new quote.
- Same settings, every time
- A new date, priced on the spot
- Every order and invoice in one place
FINISHES
Finished the way you need it, before it ships.
Choose the finish per part when you configure the order. It is priced in the same seconds as the machining, and planned into the same date.
TOLERANCES
±0.005 in. as standard. Tighter when your drawing says so.
Pick a tolerance class when you order, or attach your drawing and we hold the features you call out. Every part is checked before it ships, with a CMM report on request.
LEAD TIME
Pick your date. The schedule is built to keep it.
Your date is booked against real machine time the moment you pay. AI plans each cell's queue around every promised date, the ERP has the material ready before the slot, and the robots keep running when people go home.
FILES WE TAKE
Send the file you already have.
A STEP file prices in seconds with a live 3D preview. Most other CAD formats work too: an engineer quotes those for you instead.
- Encrypted and never shared. NDA on request.
- Critical dimensions? Attach your drawing.
AFTER YOU ORDER
From your order to your door, nothing left to chase.
Paying by invoice? Machining is scheduled the moment the invoice is settled.
- An engineer checks your fileBefore anything is cut. If the part needs a change, we call you. We do not guess.
- It goes on the scheduleBooked against real machine time, with the date you chose.
- We machine and inspect itRobot cells cut it; every part is checked against your file, and your drawing when you attach one.
- It ships from San DiegoTracking arrives by email the day it leaves, and the date is the one you chose.
CAPABILITIES
CNC machining at a glance.
- Standard tolerance
- ±0.005 in. on metals, to ISO 2768 fine, unless your drawing says otherwise
- Tolerance classes
- ±0.020 in. (ISO 2768 coarse) · ±0.010 in. (ISO 2768 medium) · ±0.005 in. · standard (ISO 2768 fine)
- Tighter tolerances
- Per your drawing, reviewed by an engineer before the price is final
- As-machined finish
- Ra 3.2 µm (about 125 µin) or better
- Finishes
- As machined · Bead blast · Anodised (Type II) · Powder coat · Polished
- Threads
- Standard metric, standard imperial, per my drawing
- Lead time
- Economy 20 business days · Standard 11 business days · Expedited 8 business days
- Materials
- 18 metals and 13 plastics
- Files
- STEP and STP priced instantly; IGES, IGS, STL, DXF, SLDPRT, SAT, X_T, X_B, IPT, PRT, CATPART, PDF quoted by an engineer. Up to 200 MB a file, 25 parts a quote
- Inspection
- Every part checked; CMM report on request; first article on production runs
- Maximum part size
- Ask an engineer
- Minimum feature size
- Ask an engineer
- Plastics tolerance
- Ask an engineer
- Edges
- Ask an engineer
WHY IT COSTS LESS
A fully automated shop, from your quote to the shipping box.
Most of what makes machining expensive is people doing work machines can do. We built the shop the other way round, and pass the saving on.
Want the detail? Ask an engineer
From San Diego to all 50 states.
Pick Economy, Standard or Expedited, see the exact delivery date before you pay, and track it door to door.
Engineers before, during and after the cut.
Upload your CAD file and the price appears instantly. For unusual geometry or very tight tolerances an engineer may review before the price is final, and we tell you when that happens.
Your CAD file. Material, quantity and finish are selected after upload. If you have a drawing with critical dimensions, attach it and we will hold to it.
STEP and STP files get an instant automated price and a live 3D preview. We also take IGES, IGS, STL, DXF, SLDPRT, SAT, X_T, X_B, IPT, PRT, CATPART and PDF, up to 200 MB per file; those are quoted by an Axton engineer instead of instantly.
Aluminum, stainless steel, brass, Delrin, nylon, ABS and more. If you need something else, ask and we will confirm at quote.
Our standard is ±0.005 in. Tighter tolerances on specific features are possible and are reviewed during quoting.
Yes. One-off prototypes, low volume runs and repeat production all go through the same workflow.
Yes. Machine shops across the United States send us overflow, repeat jobs and prototyping so they can add capacity without disrupting their own floor.
Yes. Uploads are encrypted, we never share your files, and we sign an NDA on request.