Mint Design

[...] font.  It might not seem like much, but when you’re getting something custom from Mint Design, it’s done exactly how you want, right down to the font.   This is [...]

[...] page.  We have now added sheet and plate bending to the list of services available from Mint Design. The post Setting up equipment and updating the site appeared first on Mint Design. [...]

[...] metal fabrication, TIG welding, polishing, powder coating and more!  Be sure to follow Mint Design by clicking the “follow” at the bottom right of your browser! The post CNC cut race [...]

[...] Well Mint Design has been busy in the shop immediately after New Year’s!  We’ve got more [...]

[...] Lots of projects on the go, everything from CNC cut signs, powder coating, TIG welding stainless steel/aluminum parts to MIG welding a 280# steel pipe rack. Most projects we supply [...]

[...] Lots of parts passing through the Mint Design shop in the last few weeks.  Lots of TIG welding and powder coating, and even showing off The Can Carabiner at a trade show!  We sold quite a [...]

[...] ! Thanks for looking!  If you’re interested more in our powder coating services, TIG welding or CNC cutting please click on the links.  Or subscribe to the blog at the bottom right [...]

[...] for some busy blog posts coming up!  Custom electronics, sheet metal fabrication, TIG welding, polishing, powder coating and more!  Be sure to follow Mint Design by clicking the & [...]

[...]  The part was designed in Solidworks and then a flat pattern was created and then cut on the CNC table. The engraved marks indicate the bend line locations.  And the two barely noticeable [...]

[...] floor are cut on the CNC plasma table. C-clamps and scrap 3/8″ steel plates from the CNC table make great guides.  They are used to align the lid to the top of the crate before the [...]

[...] crane.  After it was unloaded it was unboxed and then maneuvered into place next to the CNC table. This box and pan brake will allow us to do 12ga at 40″ wide, anything thicker we can use [...]

[...] chose the custom font and determined the overall size.  First the part is cut out on the CNC table, then the backside was lightly brushed and the corner areas were prepped for welding the 5″ [...]

[...] unwind and relax. This blog post is different than any other on this site. There is no CAD or CNC cutting or even welding… So why bother write one, right? Sometimes we get so busy we begin to [...]

[...] dirty area of the shop.  We’ve had some issues in the past with moisture when CNC cutting, so to alleviate that we finally plumbed in our refrigerated air dryer.  This will [...]

[...] while you’re fishing or swimming. We have done everything from the mechanical design, CNC cutting, pickling, bead blasting and packaging in house.  Also even production of the tooling to [...]

[...] the bead blasting prior to powder coating), obtaining drier compressed air (to improve CNC cutting, bead blasting and powder coating) and the ability for bending CNC cut parts (long thin [...]

[...] ! Here the parts are cut off the table and submitted to an acid bath to remove the dross and mill scale. The tags are then bead blasted to ensure a clean, textured and oil free surface to get it [...]

[...] #4 holes for mounting the Arduino Uno. Next the box goes through an acid bath to remove the mill scale and then bead blasting to give it a nice finish to work with during testing.  Also the [...]

[...] in our shop, but in this case the final part will have a sanded finish and having to remove mill scale from hot rolled is a time consuming process on a large part like this.  Small parts aren& [...]

[...] minimal dross, but it can be easily removed via the pickling process.  During this process the mill scale is removed as well.  This happens prior to blasting which speeds up the blasting process [...]

[...] a large part like this.  Small parts aren’t a problem when they can be stripped in an acid bath. Here is the CNC cut race tracks as modeled in SolidWorks , just the plasma cutting portion. [...]

[...] .  You can see the four #4 holes for mounting the Arduino Uno. Next the box goes through an acid bath to remove the mill scale and then bead blasting to give it a nice finish to work with during [...]

[...] ;s a few photos.  Go Canada! Here the parts are cut off the table and submitted to an acid bath to remove the dross and mill scale. The tags are then bead blasted to ensure a clean, [...]

[...] being brought in and a really interesting  project based on Arduino Uno from Newark Electronics coming up too.  Here’s some of the things being worked on and a few [...]

[...] out awesome! Coming soon…Cadillac 304SS exhaust system, our Arduino project powered by Newark Electronics, some custom steel crates and much much more!  If you like what you see please subscribe to [...]

[...] . Here’s one of our small production runs.  Tightly nested, 100% cut in house with our CNC plasma table. These parts have very minimal dross, but it can be easily removed via the pickling [...]

[...] as per the mechanical drawing, the 1/4″ thick feet and 10ga steel floor are cut on the CNC plasma table. C-clamps and scrap 3/8″ steel plates from the CNC table make great guides.  They are used [...]