Measuring How The Wind Affects The CN Tower

When you think Toronto, most immediately think of the CN Tower. With the tower being almost half a kilometer tall, you can pretty well see the skyscraper from anywhere around the GTA. The CN Tower has become a symbol for Canada and a true display of incredible engineering. A little-known fact is the structure is designed to withstand up to an 8.5 Richter scale earthquake. That being …

When 3D Printing & Art Collide – An Interesting Spin to a Famous Painting

Since 1994, Van Gogh Studio in Amsterdam has been creating beautiful oil painting reproductions of Van Gogh’s iconic work. Their team of artists have mastered the style and unique painting techniques of Van Gogh and currently distributes over 89 authentic reproductions all across the world. Custom Prototypes has recently collaborated with Van Gogh Studio to bring a new dimension to …

Metal 3D Printing – Embracing the newest aid in manufacturing

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 …

Kickstarting innovation with the use of 3D Printing

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 …

3D printing in the Dragon’s Den (self driving car conversion kit)

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 …

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A Product to Keep Golfers Safe During COVID-19

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 …

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Man vs. Machine This Halloween

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 …