Over the past three months our team at Custom Prototypes, a Toronto based rapid prototyping and 3D printing service company have been putting our design skills and equipment to work. Last year we captured 1st place at the AMUG annual technical competition and this year we plan on keeping that title. This year we wanted to put our SLA …
High output with little input, this is the objective which all automotive manufacturers seek to achieve. With every disruptive technology comes along a new learning curve – where implementing these changes to the manufacturing process can aid in further productivity resulting in higher profits. (Metal 3D printed robot end-of-arm tool) Over the years Custom Prototype’s has built strong working relationships …
Promoting a new product has become easier than ever with the access of online crowd funding sites such as Kickstarter, Indiegogo or GoFundMe. Over the years we have helped many entrepreneurs prepare their proof of concept prototypes in hopes to raise interest and seek that initial investment to help accelerate their products outreach. This past week we had a customer …
X-Matik Pitching their Self Driving Car Concept with 3D Printed Hardware Imagine you drive to a party, have a couple too many drinks and you then begin to wonder how to get home. The idea of cabbing home only to have to retrieve your vehicle the next day seems, well… terrible. But what if your existing vehicle had the ability …
As COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease across Ontario, golfers have been given the green light to head to the course. To ensure the safety of golfers during these times, courses have been mandated to implement an array of new protocols to ensure there is still social distancing measures put in place. At Custom Prototypes we have started to make custom …
Custom Prototypes shop in Toronto ON showing pumpkins that have been carved with a CNC machine This week at Custom Prototypes we were spooked when a customer came in asking us to carve over 50 pumpkins for them. Once the cramps in our hands subsided, we all sat down and began to brainstorm ideas. It wasn’t until we began to …
Technology has pretty much given wings to our imaginations, what now we could imagine could be created in a tangible object with the globally gaining fame 3D printing technology. Although one may imagine 3D printing as some sort of similar to paper printing but it’s much more than that, much more advanced and creative. Process starts with a Designer creating …
Supplying the Front-Line We all know that maintaining distance is key for reducing the spread of the COVID-19 virus. The virus is so easily transmitted that even the slightest exposure to a cough can be enough to infect an entire room of people. Unfortunately our front-line workers do not have the privilege of social distancing and are relying greatly on …
For a couple of years 3D modelling and 3D printing is widely used in film making industry and for the reason that it allows directors, artists and designers to virtually create anything, movie props, replicas and costumes to name a few. 3D printing service being our major area of expertise we at Custom Prototypes undertook many projects pertaining to motion …
A product that would help save lives Keeping doctors and nurses safe during these times is crucial as resources become limited and supplies continue to diminish. We’ve heard it over and over now… distance, distance, distance… and while this is paramount for all of us, it is not an option for those working on the front lines. Doctors and nurses …