Most manufacturers don't need a laser cutter. They need a finished part — cut, formed, welded, coated, and delivered ready to install.
Chapman Smith coordinates every operation a part requires across our network of manufacturing partners, so you place one order, manage one relationship, and receive a completed component. We work primarily in production quantities, where consistency and supply continuity matter more than turnaround on a single piece.
Laser or plasma cut from flat stock, formed on a press brake, welded into an assembly, and powder coated or painted. Delivered as a finished weldment rather than a stack of parts to join in-house.
Typical operations: laser cutting, plasma cutting, punching, press brake forming, MIG and TIG welding, robotic welding, powder coating, painting.
Steel and stainless tube bent to large radii, end formed, welded, and finished. Common for frames, guards, handles, and structural assemblies where a formed tube replaces a more expensive fabrication.
Typical operations: tube bending, saw cutting, end forming, tube fabrication, welding, plating, powder coating.
Extrusions cut to length, punched, drilled, tapped, deburred, and anodized. Useful when a standard or custom profile can replace a machined or fabricated part at lower cost.
Typical operations: saw cutting, punching, CNC milling, drilling, threading, deburring, anodizing.
Aluminum sand and die castings, drilled and machined to print, then finished. We coordinate the casting source and the secondary machining as a single supply, rather than leaving you to manage a foundry and a machine shop separately.
Typical operations: sand casting, die casting, CNC milling, CNC turning, drilling, grinding, plating, painting.
Send a drawing, a specification, a sample, or the part you're buying today.
Review. We evaluate the material, the processes required, and whether the current design is the most economical way to make it.
Source. We identify the manufacturing partners suited to the part, the volume, and the tolerances.
Quote. You receive one price for the finished component, covering every operation.
Produce and supply. We manage the operations between suppliers, coordinate quality, and support ongoing releases and inventory.
Through our manufacturing network, we coordinate:
laser cutting, plasma cutting, saw cutting, punching, stamping, progressive stamping, press brake forming, roll forming, tube bending, tube fabrication, metal spinning
CNC milling, CNC turning, Swiss machining, drilling, threading, grinding, precision machining
MIG, TIG, robotic and spot welding, brazing, mechanical assembly, subassemblies, complete welded assemblies
injection molding, thermoforming, blow molding, plastic extrusion, machined plastic components
die casting, sand casting, powdered metal, forging, extrusion
powder coating, painting, galvanizing, plating, anodizing, heat treating, deburring, surface finishing, packaging, labeling
One purchase order, one contact, one invoice for a part that might otherwise touch four vendors.
When one supplier sees every operation, savings show up in places a single-process shop can't see — a design change that eliminates a weld, a material substitution that removes a machining step.
For production volumes, we support stocking programs, scheduled releases, and alternate sourcing so a single supplier's problem doesn't stop your line.
Send a drawing, specification, sample, or current part. We'll evaluate the material, the processes, and the supply approach, and come back with a quote for the finished component.
Submit an RFQAdditional resources: raw materials and aluminum extrusions