A family workshop · Essex

Things made properly,
made near you.

The bracket that snapped. The knob nobody sells any more. A gift that doesn't exist yet. Bring us the idea — we'll make it, and you can watch it happen.

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A real family, two Essex workshops Runs on 100% renewable electricity Watch your own piece being made Collect locally or posted UK-wide

The idea

Not mass-made.
Made for you.

Everything we make is made to order, one at a time, in our own workshops in Chelmsford and Hullbridge. No warehouse, no container of identical things — just the piece you actually asked for.

Our favourite job

The part nobody
makes any more.

A photo and a rough measurement is usually all it takes. If it's plastic and it's broken, there's a good chance we can bring it back.

What we make

Four things we're good at.

From a keepsake for the mantelpiece to the awkward little component that keeps a whole appliance working.

Replacement parts

The clip, gear or handle that failed.

Custom one-offs

Your idea, made real.

Gifts & keepsakes

Made to mark the moment.

Small batches

Ten of something, or ten thousand.

Made personal

A gift that's genuinely
one of a kind.

A name, a date, a little in-joke — built right into the piece, not stuck on afterwards. The sort of thing you can't buy in a shop, because it didn't exist until you asked for it.

Watch it being made

How it works

Four steps, one of them
is just watching.

  1. 1

    Tell us what you need

    A photo from any angle, a coin next to it for scale. That's usually plenty.

  2. 2

    We price it

    Usually within a day. Most one-off pieces land between £15 and £60.

  3. 3

    Watch it come to life

    Sign in and follow your own piece being made, live, on the machine.

  4. 4

    Collect or posted

    Pick it up in Chelmsford or Hullbridge, or first-class post anywhere in the UK.

Live from the bench

See it happen,
not just a photo.

Order a custom piece and we'll send you a private link, so you can watch your own thing being made from start to finish. It's the actual camera on the actual machine — no editing, no speeding up.

Open the live view
LIVE — Chelmsford The workshop camera comes on when we're making something — usually most evenings.

The shop

Made, packed and posted
from Essex.

Ready-made pieces, printed to order in our own workshops. Seen something at a fair? It's here.

Start here

Tell us what
you've got in mind.

Broken, discontinued, or not invented yet — describe it and we'll tell you if we can make it, and what it'll cost. Setting up an account takes no effort: sending this does it for you.

We'll set up your account and email you a sign-in link — no password to remember. You'll use it to see your quote and watch your piece being made.

Who we are

A mum, a son,
and a few machines.

Lesley makes and sells across Essex; Karl runs the design and engineering side from Chelmsford. We started this because we wanted something to build together. That's still the point.