Services

Got a part nobody makes anymore?

Half the jobs here show up as a file. The other half show up as a broken piece somebody can't buy a replacement for. Both get handled in the same shop, by me.

Design

No file? Not a problem.

A photo, a sketch, or the busted piece itself is enough to start. I redraw it rather than copy a part that already failed once, then print a test before anything goes into a run.

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No file? I draw it.

Parametric models built so the part can actually be printed and then used.

Got an idea? Let's make it real.

A rough idea turned into something you can hold, test, and sell.

Broken original? I scan it and redraw it better.

Bring me the broken one. No drawing needed, and no replacement part to hunt for.

Manufacture

Printed here on my own machines.

FDM only, on a fleet of Prusa and Bambu Lab printers. Nothing gets farmed out to somebody I've never met.

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Printed for how you'll use it.

Walls, infill, and orientation set for where the part lives and what it holds.

Parts that do a job.

Brackets, fixtures, housings, and mechanisms that take load.

Test it in your hand this week, not next month.

Most simple prototypes are back to you in a few days.

Part fifty matches part one.

Same material and locked settings from the first part to the last.

Need 20 of them? Same part, every time.

Batches up to around fifty parts, measured before they ship.

Support

If it cracks, bring it back.

The job isn't done when the printer stops. It's done when the part works where you put it. If the first material's wrong, we try the next one until it's right.

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I tell you what to run it in, and why.

It depends on the application, so I ask about heat, load, and chemicals before you pay for the wrong filament.

I look at your file before I print it, not after it fails.

A second look at your CAD before you commit to a batch.

Pick it up at the booth.

Grab it at Booth A26 inside NRH Hive Collective.

Or I ship it to you.

Boxed and tracked to anywhere in the country.

Who I print for

Shop floors, job sites, and garages.

A fixture for a production line and a bracket for your kitchen cabinet get measured the same way. The size of the job doesn't change the standard.

I'm based in North Richland Hills and print for folks in Hurst, Euless, Bedford, Haltom City, Keller, Watauga, Colleyville, Grapevine, Southlake, Fort Worth, and the rest of Dallas-Fort Worth. Farther out? I ship.

Aviation Tooling

Fixtures, jigs, shop aids, and ground tooling from a working aircraft mechanic. No parts for installation on certificated aircraft.

Automotive

Brackets, ducting, and trim pieces for builds and shops. ASA and PA-CF when it lives near heat.

Industrial

Jigs, fixtures, guards, and tooling so a line isn't down waiting on a vendor.

Manufacturing

Small runs and one-offs for machine shops that don't want a minimum order.

Education

Robotics teams and STEM labs that need parts before the competition, not after.

Engineering

Test and validation parts, plus a second set of eyes on the CAD before a batch.

Consumer Products

First runs for people launching a product without tooling money.

Small Business

Displays, mounts, and branded parts made to your dimensions.

Homeowners

The appliance part the manufacturer stopped making, or hardware that never existed.

Apex Print Works does not make parts for installation on certificated aircraft. Aviation work is limited to tooling, fixtures, and shop aids.

Not sure what you need yet?

Send the part, the sketch, or a couple of sentences about the problem. I'll tell you what it takes. That conversation's free.

Ask me about it