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Garage Machine Shop in HTX.
Precision CNC machining, proved before it ships — a probe-equipped Hurco VM10i in downtown Houston. Every part is measured on the machine, with AS9102 first-article inspection when you need it.
OUR APPROACH
Most shops hope. We measure.
SoftJaw Design is an engineering-first shop: clean setups, honest technical feedback, and measurement built into the process. Every part is probed on the machine before it comes off — so what you receive matches the drawing, and we can show you the numbers that prove it.
One-offs, prototypes, and low-volume production in aluminum, steels, and engineering plastics.
Recent work
A few parts off the machine.
Built like the parts: no fluff.
SoftJaw started with a mill in a garage and jobs that had to be right the first time. The lesson that stuck wasn't about cutting — it was about proving. So we built our own on-machine inspection software and made measurement part of every setup.
The shop has since grown into a Hurco VM10i with Renishaw probing. The garage attitude stayed. More about the shop →
Who you're working with
It's just me right now — and that's a feature: the person quoting your part is the one machining and measuring it.
Chris Rouxel
Founder, Engineer, Machinist
3-axis vertical machining center
on-machine inspection, every setup
first articles documented in-house
one machinist, zero handoffs
Send us your files. We'll quote it.
STEP, drawings, PDFs — upload straight to the shop queue. Pricing back, usually within one business day.
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