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Full In-House Service
  • New Product Concepts


  • Mechanical and Electronic Mock-Ups


  • Design Styling and Illustration


  • Control and Engineering Drawings


  • Licensed Character and Doll Sculpture


  • CNC Machining


  • Prototypes and Deco Samples


  • Production Electronic Design and Fabrication


  • Complete Turnover Models and Tooling Patterns

Fabrication: We hand-crafted dozens of exquisitely detailed scale model vehicles for the Danbury Mint. Every part of the full-size car or truck was studied and photographed with meticulous care, then reproduced in a variety of materials including metal, rubber, plastic, wood and fabric.


Electronics Capabilities: Custom Design, Microcontroller Programming, LCD displays - Dot Matrix and Custom Graphics, Remote-Control - RF and IR, PCB Design, Sound Development.






Equipment List:
  • 3 Bridgeport VMC 3020xv Machining Centers (CNC)
  • 6 Bridgeport V2xt Vertical Mills (CNC)
  • 3 Bridgeport Vertical End Mills (Manual)
  • 5 Lathes
  • 12'x 7.5' Spray Booth
  • Vacuum-Forming Machine
  • Airpots, Deep Vacuum Machine, Curing Oven
  • Band saws, Drill Presses, Planer, Joiner, Disc Sanders, Drum Sander, Table Saw
  • Shop Air, Sand Blaster, Painting and Finishing Equipment
  • Photo-Quality Printers, D-sheet color plotter
  • Electronics Lab with Microcontroller & RF Development equipment
  • Sound Studio with Synth, Mixer, Microphones and Midi Equipment
  • Dedicated-Line Video Conferencing

  • Dozens of networked computers running many professional applications, including:
    • Solidworks™
    • Surfcam™
    • Lightwave™
    • Adobe Illustrator™
    • Photoshop™
    • Compilers for various processor systems used in consumer electronics