Tell us what must work Capabilities + fit
Miami Makes solves physical problems through engineering, fabrication, and production coordination. The engagement can end with a production-ready design, continue through work in our shop, move through a specialist facility with Miami Makes coordinating the technical work, or transition directly to another manufacturer.
Ways to engage
Scope should match what the project actually needs. Machine time is not required for Miami Makes to create value.
Engineering only
Reconstruct an unavailable part, develop or adapt a design, convert it for another process, or prepare the files, drawings, materials, and acceptance criteria an outside producer needs.
Fabrication may happen elsewhere. The engineering engagement can stand on its own.Engineering + fabrication
Define what must work, develop the design, make and test the useful versions, then deliver one solution, a practical run, or a transition package.
One partner connects the decisions to the physical execution.Coordinated specialist production
Miami Makes can develop the production definition and coordinate work performed by a specialist facility when another process, material, or production scale better serves the project.
Supplier communication, revisions, incoming inspection, functional verification, assembly, and delivery can be managed as defined by the project scope.Fabrication from defined files
When geometry, material, quantity, finish, and acceptance requirements are ready, Miami Makes can focus the engagement on fabrication, assembly, and delivery.
Existing engineering is respected rather than unnecessarily repeated.Useful when: When the physical need is understood but the part, geometry, material, or production path still needs definition. This can be the complete engagement.
Can include: Reverse engineering, CAD modeling, drawings, design refinement, process conversion, design-for-production decisions, and acceptance criteria.
Useful when: When an outside facility can make the part but expects production-ready definition rather than an open-ended engineering problem.
Can include: Supplier-ready files and drawings, process and material requirements, quotation support, and technical transition to a manufacturer the customer will manage directly.
Useful when: For complex geometry, rapid functional learning, customized parts, and quantities where tooling would be premature.
Can include: Functional prototypes, fixtures, end-use parts, fit checks, and small repeatable batches.
Useful when: For sheet and block materials that benefit from precise cutting, pockets, profiles, drilling, and repeatable geometry.
Can include: Wood, plastics, foam, panels, templates, inserts, signage, and assembled components.
Useful when: For detailed profiles, marking, layered assemblies, identifiers, displays, and material-efficient sheet work.
Can include: Acrylic, wood products, suitable plastics, coated materials, and evaluation-dependent substrates.
Useful when: When the deliverable is a finished physical solution rather than a loose fabricated part.
Can include: Fit-up, hardware integration, bonding, sanding, coating, labeling, and packaging as scoped.
Useful when: When a stable-enough design needs initial inventory, a pilot run, or recurring specialized quantities.
Can include: Production planning, repeatable fabrication, basic inspection, assembly, and transition guidance.
Material direction
Material availability evolves. These families are starting points; suitability is evaluated against heat, moisture, UV, loads, wear, appearance, and end-use responsibility.
Responsibilities
Geometry, material options, fabrication strategy, drawings, production packages, prototypes, revisions, and acceptance criteria within the agreed project scope.
Intended use, operating conditions, business priorities, required testing, regulatory context, and who owns final validation.
Safety-critical, certified, medical, structural, regulated, extreme- environment, or unusually tight-tolerance applications.
Stable demand and design make dedicated tooling, automation, or an industrial manufacturing partner economically superior. We can prepare and support that technical handoff as part of the work.
Your next useful step
Tell us what must work and what information already exists. We can scope standalone engineering, in-house fabrication, coordinated specialist production, direct handoff, or fabrication from defined files.