Automation for sheet metal shops · Long Island City, NY

Your shop's math,
done in one click.

I turn your tables, formulas and pricing rules into simple tools. Anyone on your team gets the right number in seconds — not just the one person who knows how.

Try it — change a number and watch it recalculate.

Box & pan calculator Live example
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Per 4×8 sheet
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Sheets to pull
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Material weight
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Brake hits
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Example rules: 90° bends, inside radius = thickness. Your shop's rules go here.

Today

Most shops still quote from this desk.

Printed tables, a calculator, and one person who knows how it all fits together. When that person is out, the numbers wait.

An estimator's desk: printed lookup tables on clipboards, a calculator, a tape measure and a pencil sketch on graph paper. Printed tables A calculator A sketch by hand Checked twice

The difference

Eight steps become three.

Same order. Same table. Same answer — without the lookup.

  1. 1Order comes in
  2. 2Find the drawing
  3. 3Pull the table
  4. 4Find the right row
  5. 5Work it out by hand
  6. 6Check it twice
  7. 7Write it up
  8. 8Shop drawing
  1. 1Order comes in
  2. 2Your tooltype the dimensions → done
  3. 3Shop drawing
By hand Minutes per part · room for error
With your tool Seconds per part · same answer every time

What I build

If your team does it the same way every time, it can run on its own.

Calculators

Your tables and formulas, one click away.

Quotes

Requests priced by your rules and sent the same day.

Automations

Orders, follow-ups and reports that move on their own.

Dashboards

Jobs, leads and numbers on one screen.

How it works

It starts with a visit to your shop.

  1. 01

    Visit

    I come to your shop and watch how the numbers get done today.

  2. 02

    Build

    I build the tool around your rules. Your team tests it on real jobs.

  3. 03

    Run

    It goes live. When your prices or rules change, I update it.

Setup

One fee to build it

Monthly

Kept running and up to date

Exact numbers after the visit — every shop is different.

Nothing about your process changes. Same tables. Same people. Same drawings.

Questions

Straight answers.

Does this replace my estimator?

No. The tool does the lookup and the math. Your people still make the calls — they just stop doing arithmetic.

Do I need new software or computers?

No. It runs in a web browser on the computers and tablets you already have.

What if our prices or rules change?

Your rules live in one place. When they change, I update them — that's what the monthly plan covers.

Does my team need training?

If they can fill in a form, they can use it. I walk them through it at your shop.

How much does it cost?

A one-time setup fee to build it, then a monthly fee to keep it running. I give you exact numbers after I've seen how your shop works.

Let's talk

Let's look at your numbers together.

I'll come to your shop, see how you quote today, and show you what can run on its own.

Call Text Book a visit