Drawings and cut files for small shops

What I can do

• Drawings and DXF from a sketch or a photo. A dimensioned shop drawing, flat patterns for anything that gets rolled or bent, a nest or cut list, and a clean file for laser or plasma.
• A quote calculator or job log for your shop. A small tool that prices a job from your own rates, materials and rules, or keeps track of orders.
• Drawings for aquaculture and farm equipment. For local welders: gear for live and fresh shellfish, livestock equipment, and parts for machinery repair.

How it works

1. Send what you have — a sketch, a photo, the dimensions — with the material, thickness, quantity and where you are.
2. You get the exact price for the job before anything is drawn, and you decide. The quote is free.
3. You get the drawings and files. Where one of the free tools covers the shape, the flat pattern is cross-checked against it.

What it costs

Your job may come in lower or higher, depending on how much drawing it takes. You get the exact price before anything is drawn, the quote is free, and anything not in this table is quoted on its own.

What it is not

This is drafting: drawings made from your dimensions and requirements. It is not structural design — no load ratings, no calculations of strength, no stamps or sign-off. You check the drawings and the part before cutting, as with anything from this site. The work is done in FreeCAD and my own code.

The work itself is done part-time, in the evenings. I usually reply within 24 hours, often the same day.

Label checks for small food producers

I also hold a BSc in Food Technology. For small producers — fish and shellfish, dairy, bakery, preserves, drinks — I can check a label against the federal requirements before it goes to print, and put together the written paperwork a small producer keeps:

• the Nutrition Facts table — or whether your product is exempt from it;
• the front-of-package (FOP) nutrition symbol, the “High in” sat fat, sugars or sodium mark, required since January 1, 2026;
• priority food allergens, gluten sources and added sulphites, and the “Contains” statement;
• English and French on the label.

Checks follow the CFIA’s Industry Labelling Tool and Health Canada’s guidance on the front-of-package nutrition symbol. A check is a second pair of eyes, not an approval: you stay responsible for your label. Food safety plans (preventive control plans) are not offered for now. For a label check, use the form below and choose “A food label check”.