Sports Car Tail Light Lens Cover Part 3: Production of Parts Last week, we discussed how we took the solid models from our reverse engineering process and crafted tools and fixtures [...]
Wielding a Welding Torch When you are a company named ShapeMaster, you want to make sure you have the tools available so you can live up to that name. [...]
The Word Is Out: ShapeMaster is Now Welding In-House It did not take long for ShapeMaster to receive its first welding projects and fuse together a new in-house service! We [...]
Money and Portable Toilets A lot can be learned from a “small” project. When you lean into anything in manufacturing there are challenges. No matter the size of the part or [...]
A Day in the Life At ShapeMaster we take pride in our “Midwestern Work Ethic”. As we mentioned in our last newsletter, this means we are up early, ready to work [...]
Making Parts with Our New DM-1 We are excited about the addition of our high-speed Precision Haas DM-1 CNC Drill/Mill Center. We want to share with you how we recently used [...]
Plastic Welding When you hear the word welding, you usually think of metal and hot flying sparks. You don’t think of plastic welded to another piece of plastic. If you are [...]
Better Safe Than Sorry Do you need to meet OSHA requirements and avoid Workmen's Comp Claims? We have been involved with a variety of equipment guarding projects-large and small. Here are [...]
What You Can Accomplish with Vacuum Forming You may be surprised with what can be accomplished with vacuum forming. Vacuum forming or vacuum thermoforming is a process that subjects a sheet [...]
Avoiding Mistakes in the Vacuum Thermoforming Process The first step to follow in the vacuum thermoforming process is to start with sketches and get your design engineer involved from the beginning. [...]
What is Plastic Thermoforming? Plastic thermoforming includes various processes: vacuum forming, pressure forming, drape forming, and injection molding to name a few. Breaking down each process shows us that each has [...]