Understand it.
Share your idea, sketch or existing part. We clarify the purpose, requirements and practical constraints.
FROM
THOUGHT
TO THING.
That idea in your head?
Let’s make something of it.
CAD design, product development and manufacturing coordination. From the first sketch to something you can hold.
+ GOOD IDEAS DESERVE TO BECOME REAL.
THE MECHANICS OF MAKINGA little thought.
LIVE 3DA little thought.
A lot of possibility.
WMS / PLANETARY 001PLANETARY
TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION
3.5:1REDUCTION RATIO
Putting things in motion…
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DRAG TO ORBIT · SCROLL / PINCH TO ZOOM
The input. The blue, 24-tooth sun gear drives the mechanism.
AN INTERACTIVE MECHANISMDESIGNED TO BE EXPLORED ↗
CAD DESIGN
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
REVERSE ENGINEERING
MANUFACTURING
FROM THOUGHT TO THING
01 / A PLACE TO STARTNO TECHNICAL BRIEF REQUIRED
Big idea?
Small starting point?
Start with what you have.
We’ll help work out the next step.
02 / OUR CAPABILITIESONE IDEA. THE RIGHT SUPPORT.
Good ideas.
Built properly.
Practical design thinking, hands-on manufacturing knowledge and the right production partners.
Tell us what you’re thinking ↗01CAD design & draughting
Give your idea a clear shape. Precise 3D models, mechanical and sheet metal design, manufacturing drawings and assembly documentation.
Discuss your design ↗02Product development
Move from a possibility to a workable product. Develop the concept, resolve the details and refine prototypes with manufacturing and assembly in mind.
Develop your idea ↗03Research & development
Work through the unknowns. Explore design options, investigate practical approaches and develop concepts that can be assessed and improved.
Explore the possibilities ↗04Reverse engineering
Start with the part you already have. Recreate its geometry in CAD, document it for manufacture or develop an improved version with agreed fit and function.
Discuss your component ↗05Manufacturing coordination
Connect the design to the right process. We coordinate manufacture through specialist partners, with the scope, materials and requirements agreed for your project.
Plan your production ↗03 / THE WAY WE MAKETHOUGHT → THING
A clear next step.
At every stage.
Design on its own, or design with manufacturing coordination. We agree the scope before the work begins.
Give it shape.
Develop the concept in CAD, exploring the details that make it useful, buildable and ready for the next stage.
Make it better.
Where the project calls for it, prototype and refine before committing to production.
Bring it to life.
Deliver the agreed models and documentation, or coordinate manufacture through specialist partners.
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A practical mind. An inventive approach. Founded by JP Schoeman in Strand, Western Cape, Wake and Make Solutions connects CAD design, hands-on manufacturing knowledge and a network of specialist production partners.
Meet your next project ↗04 / YOUR IDEA STARTS HERELET’S PUT THINGS IN MOTION
YOU DON’T NEED ALL THE ANSWERS.
What are
we making?
Tell us what you have in mind. We’ll help you work out what comes next.
Based in Strand, Western Cape.
Let’s discuss what your project needs.
A FEW THINGS YOU MIGHT BE WONDERINGBefore we
Before we
get making.
Do I need drawings before contacting you?+
No. An idea, a rough sketch, a photograph or an existing component can give us a starting point. We’ll clarify what information the project needs.
Can you help with just the design?+
Yes. The scope can cover CAD models, manufacturing drawings or product development without manufacturing coordination. Deliverables are agreed in your quotation.
Do you manufacture everything in-house?+
Manufacturing is coordinated through specialist partners. The appropriate process, materials, supplier scope and delivery requirements are agreed for each project.
How do you quote for a project?+
We first understand the requirements, available information and expected deliverables. We can then define the scope and provide a quotation suited to the work.