MACHINING
+ FABRICATION
Old Dog matches geometry, material, tolerance, quantity and documentation requirements to the right manufacturing process and supplier capability — then reviews the drawing before anything gets quoted.
START WITH WHAT YOU HAVE.
An idea, a partial file, a finished drawing, or an existing quote — choose the closest starting point.
Everything below — processes, materials, tolerances, finishing, inspection and applications — is reference. If you already know which path you want, start above and we will work through the detail with you.
THREE WAYS PARTS
GET CUT.
Open a process for the detail. Most parts land in one of these three; a lot of parts use two.
CNC MILLING 3-, 4- and 5-axis milling for prismatic and contoured parts — single-setup work through multi-sided geometry, with hole and thread features cut in process.
CNC TURNING + SWISS Turned and mill-turn work for round and near-round parts, including small-diameter Swiss machining with live tooling.
PRECISION PROCESSES Where a milled or turned feature will not hold, the work moves to a precision process — or gets a precision finishing operation after machining.
Selected suppliers support close-tolerance features after manufacturability review.
COMMONLY SUPPORTED
MATERIALS.
Not an exhaustive guarantee — a starting point. Unusual alloys and specialty polymers are reviewed case by case.
Commonly supported materials include the grades above. Availability, stock form and machinability are confirmed during RFQ review — if you have a preferred alloy, grade or supplier spec, send it and we will work to it.
FULL MATERIALS GUIDEWHAT WILL ACTUALLY
HOLD.
Honest numbers matter more than impressive ones. These are the ranges to design around.
Tighter work is possible but depends on geometry, process and material — it is confirmed feature by feature, not applied as a blanket tolerance. GD&T is reviewed against the drawing and the intended process, and we will tell you where a callout is driving cost without adding function.
AFTER THE CHIPS.
Finishing and heat treatment are coordinated as part of the part. Tell us the requirement or the spec and we will route it.
PROVING IT
TO THE PRINT.
Inspection scope is set by what the part has to do — and by what the drawing asks for.
Supplier certification options are available where applicable. Certification and reporting scope depends on the selected supplier and is confirmed during RFQ review.
THE PROCESS CHANGES
AS THE QUANTITY DOES.
The right process for five parts is rarely the right process for five thousand. We re-evaluate as demand changes.
HAVE A DIFFICULT OR
UNUSUAL PART?
Send it over. We will figure out how it gets made.
Send the drawing, CAD model, material, quantity and critical requirements. We will evaluate the part and determine the right manufacturing path.
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