We were the
customer first.
MetalCutHQ is the quoting tool we wished existed when we were the ones emailing shops, waiting days for a number, and finding out too late that our part was never going to pencil out.
From drawings to doing something about it.
Four beats that took us from frustrated CAD users to building the thing we wished we could buy.
- 01
Designing parts, waiting on quotes.
We spent years in CAD. Sheet metal brackets, enclosures, custom jigs. Each design ended the same way: package up the STEP, email a shop, and wait.
- 02
The quote arrives. Too late, too expensive, or both.
Three business days later — if you were lucky — a price came back. Sometimes the margin was already gone. Sometimes the part was just the wrong geometry for that shop's equipment, and nobody had told us at design time.
- 03
The contracts we lost while waiting.
Missed deadlines because the shop was backed up. Clients who moved on because our turnaround couldn't match theirs. Revisions killed by cost surprises that should have been visible the moment the geometry loaded.
- 04
So we built the thing that fixes it.
Live pricing. Real shop economics. Every material, every service, every finish — priced the moment you drop the file. If a design doesn't work at this shop, you know before you commit. If it does, you order in the same sitting.
Having reliable live pricing isn't a nice-to-have. It's the difference between winning and losing the contract.
No magic. Just the right surface for the work.
Upload a STEP or DXF. The browser parses the geometry — area, bends, holes, thickness — without a server round-trip. Pick material, thickness, services, and finish. Every choice re-prices against the shop's real economics.
When the number is one you can live with, accept the quote. The shop sees the order in their queue, priced and ready. No email thread. No re-specifying. No wondering if you missed a bend callout.
When the number isn't right, iterate. Drop the thickness. Try a different finish. Change the material. The price updates in under a second. You learn what a part costs at the moment that information is cheapest to act on — design time.
Squamish,
British Columbia.
Built in a small coastal town between Vancouver and Whistler. Granite, alpine air, and the kind of place where a shop floor is never far away.