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The Cusp

The Cusp is a local Kingston / Queenstown based design and build business. They make unique modern furniture and have been utilising our CNC service for the cutting of their popular products. As sales and production of their furniture increases, we have been able to identify areas of our machining program and strategies that can […]

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fitting of grey water tank and solar system to german caravan

A brand new 2020 German caravan apparently doesn’t come with a permanently mounted grey water tank. After looking over a few different caravans lately it’s impressive to see how many different system configurations there are, and interesting to see that some caravans don’t have fixed tanks as one might expect. In this case our client […]

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Super Bass Horns for Fidelity Sound System

Fidelity Sound System is a unique purpose built audio rig tailored for Electronic dance music in outdoor settings. These are the only Super bass horns in the country and with previously 3 of these horns each side (now 6 each side) these stacks will knock your socks off. With the ability to push low frequencies […]

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suzuki Jimny utility tray

Back In February 2020 a friend of ours, and Suzuki Jimney cult follower, asked if we could convert the back of his off road midget into more of a utility tool carrying cargo area. So without further a-doo we pulled out the seats, measured up and did a quick parametric CAD model so that we […]

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King Beats music festival VIP bar

We were asked to build a massive easy to assemble modular bar for king beats music festival We made 4 of these bar units for the event with two engraved logo fronts. We recessed led lighting into the bar tops to illuminate the fronts, bar tops and shelving.  Assembly is easy & fast with the […]

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Ski mold re-cut

Another interesting project through the shop recently was re-cutting a used ski mold to suit a new ski profile from a local handmade ski manufacturer in Queenstown, New Zealand.It was fun to play with some 3D tool paths and utilize every Axis of our CNC router simultaneously. Here’s a Quick video of the process. Enjoy.

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Blackhurst’s house truck renovation

A local Kingston family asked us to renovate their house truck for them. It was in rough shape when we started and the first jobs consisted of removing the old kitchen to replace rotten floor panels that then got fresh vinyl. We went on to building a new rustic style kitchen using reclaimed native Rimu […]

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5 things to consider before attempting to build your own camper van

Your New Zealand holiday has begun. You know that van life is the best way to truly experience New Zealand and after seeing so many beautiful builds on the internet you decide to do your own. Because you want to do it your way. Your layout for your toys and needs.  You buy the Biggest […]

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1998 Nissan Caravan interior

This beast of an off road van started out as a passenger carrier for a local tour operator. we brought it to use as a shell to prototype our design in. We fitted a “low spec” version of our interior meaning to say that we left out some fancy things like fridge, water pump and […]

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