Five years ago, my brother Jacom and I launched OSH Cut, a manufacturing service designed to make metal fabrication accessible. At the time, we found quoting from local shops inconsistent, time consuming, and a little frustrating. We could design new metal parts in a day and then spend weeks obtaining prices, getting design feedback, and waiting for delayed production. Our experience motivated us to write software to automate sheet metal quoting online.
That was the genesis of OSH Cut. Our tools allow customers to upload sheet metal designs, obtain instant pricing and manufacturability feedback, and order parts with lead times as short as the same day.
We are about to take another big step toward making metal fabrication accessible. By the time this article posts, we’ll have launched our new laser tube cutting service, complete with instant online pricing, manufacturability checks, and rapid turnaround. It has been an interesting technical challenge (for reasons I’ll discuss momentarily), but we are excited about the possibilities.
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