Rapid CNC prototyping — Roxboro, NC — shipping nationwide

Prototype parts in days. Quoted in 24 hours.

Send a CAD file, a print, or a sketch. A machinist reviews it, tells you what to change before anything gets cut, and gets you a real quote back within one business day.

Send Your Drawing How It Works
PROTOTYPE JOB SPEC REV A
QuoteWithin 24 hours
Lead time5–7 business days, typical
Minimum qtyOne piece
Process3-axis mill · 2-axis lathe
MaterialsAluminum · steel · stainless · plastics
TolerancesHeld to print
QUOTES IN 24 HOURS NO MINIMUM QUANTITY DIRECT TO THE MACHINIST SHIPS NATIONWIDE
THE PROBLEM

An instant quote is a robot pricing a file nobody read.

Upload your CAD to a platform and you get a number in eight seconds. What you do not get is anyone telling you that the 0.030" internal corner needs a radius no cutter can produce, or that moving one hole 2 mm would save half the setup cost. You find out when the parts arrive wrong.

Meanwhile the production shop down the road quotes in a week and puts your five pieces behind a ten-thousand-piece contract.

HOW IT WORKS

Four steps, one conversation

You stay in contact with the person running the machine from the first message to the shipping notification.

01

Send the file

STEP, IGES, SolidWorks, a PDF print, or a dimensioned sketch. Whatever you have.

02

Get DFM feedback

If a feature will cause trouble or cost more than it needs to, you hear about it before you approve anything.

03

Quote in 24 hours

A real price and a real date, based on what is actually open on the floor.

04

Parts ship

Typical prototype work goes out in 5–7 business days. Local pickup available across the Triangle.

TYPICAL WORK

What comes off these machines

  • Functional prototypes for design validation and fit checks
  • Test fixtures, jigs, and workholding for the lab or the line
  • Brackets, housings, mounting plates, and adapters
  • Shafts, bushings, spacers, and turned components
  • First articles ahead of a production release
  • Short bridge runs while tooling is being built elsewhere
  • Replacement parts for equipment nobody supports anymore
WHY ENGINEERS PICK RPM

Prototype work is the business, not the overflow

01

Direct to the machinist

Talk geometry, material, and lead time with the person cutting the part. No account manager relaying questions to someone you never meet.

02

Open capacity

Quotes and dates come off the actual floor schedule. Your five pieces are not queued behind a production contract.

03

No minimums, ever

One piece is a real order, quoted honestly. Prototype quantity is the core of this shop, not a favor.

04

Honest about limits

If a tolerance is outside what we hold in-house, we route it to a partner or tell you not to use us. We would rather lose the quote than miss the print.

CAPABILITIES

What we run

CNC Milling
3-axis machining for brackets, housings, plates, fixtures, and functional prototypes.
CNC Turning
2-axis turning for shafts, bushings, spacers, and rotational parts, from one-offs to short runs.
Materials
Aluminum, carbon and stainless steel, tool steel, brass, exotic alloys, and engineering plastics including Delrin, UHMW, and PEEK. Customer-supplied material accepted.
Finishing & Secondary
Anodizing, plating, powder coat, heat treat, surface grinding, and wire EDM through vetted partners we manage. One quote, one point of contact, one shipment.
Fabrication & Assembly
Weldments and light assembly, so parts arrive ready to use instead of ready to sort.
Inspection
Dimensional inspection to print with calibrated hand metrology and height gauge. Inspection documentation and mill certs available on request.
WHAT CUSTOMERS SAY

Ask the people whose parts we already made

“Placeholder — replace with a real customer quote describing the part, the deadline, and the outcome.”
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“Placeholder — a quote about turnaround speed or catching a design problem before cutting works best here.”
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“Placeholder — a quote from an R&D or lab customer about working from an incomplete drawing.”
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COMMON QUESTIONS

The things engineers ask before sending a file

How fast can I actually get parts?
Quotes come back within 24 hours. Typical prototype work — one to five pieces in aluminum without special tooling — ships in 5 to 7 business days from an approved PO. If your job needs special tooling or workholding, that changes the date and it will be stated in the quote rather than discovered at day six.
Is there a minimum order?
No minimum quantity. One piece is a real order. Note that very small jobs carry setup and programming time regardless of quantity, so a single part is not proportionally cheaper than five — that will be reflected honestly in the quote.
What tolerances can you hold?
We hold to print. Send the drawing and we will tell you honestly whether we hold it in-house, route it to a partner for grinding or EDM, or should not bid the job at all. We would rather lose a quote than miss a tolerance.
Are you a small shop?
We are sized deliberately for prototype and short-run work. For this kind of job that is an advantage, not a limitation — your part is not behind a ten-thousand-piece contract, and you talk to the machinist instead of a ticket queue. Finishing, heat treat, grinding, and EDM run through a vetted partner network we manage, so capability extends well past what sits on our floor.
Are you ISO 9001 certified?
No. If your program requires ISO 9001, AS9100, ITAR, or CMMC, we are not the right shop and we will tell you that immediately. For prototype, R&D, and maintenance work that does not require it, you get documented inspection to print and mill certs on request without paying for compliance overhead your program does not need.
What files do you need?
STEP or IGES is ideal. Native SolidWorks, Fusion, or Inventor files work. A dimensioned PDF print works. A clear hand sketch with dimensions works. If you have no drawing at all, send the physical part and we will scan it — see our reverse engineering page.
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes. Send yours with the RFQ, or ask and we will provide one. Prototype work is confidential by nature and we treat it that way.
Where do you ship?
Nationwide from Roxboro, North Carolina. Local pickup is available across the Triangle, the Piedmont, and southern Virginia — most of the region is inside a 90-minute drive.