For machine shops
Machining-only work, with the metal delivered cut to size.
We take the buyer’s whole job and buy the metal. You answer one question: what you’d charge to machine it, on metal that arrives with its mill certificate.
What you get
Everything around the machining, handled by us.
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Machining-only requests
One question per request: your price to machine the job, with the metal supplied.
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Metal delivered cut to size
Bought by us from Canadian metal suppliers, with its mill certificate and heat number.
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No buyer to manage
We handle the quote, the contract, the changes and the payment. Your one customer is us.
How work reaches you
From request to payout, in four steps.
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A request arrives
By email and in your portal, when a job fits your processes, machines and materials.
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You reply
Your price for the lot, a lead time and notes, or a decline.
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The metal arrives
Cut to size, with its mill certificate. You check it against the certificate before you cut.
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Machine, inspect, invoice us
Sign off each operation in the portal. We book the pickup, and you invoice CanadaFab, never the buyer.
What we check
Before we send you work.
We verify every shop before its first request, and each request only goes to shops that meet what its buyer needs.
| A machine shop in Canada | The network is Canadian only: Canadian shops, Canadian metal suppliers and Canadian carriers. |
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| Your processes, machines and materials | Requests only go to shops that can do the work, on machines with the envelope it needs. |
| ISO 9001, where the buyer needs it | A certificate isn’t needed to join. When a buyer asks for ISO 9001, the request goes to certified shops. |
| Liability insurance | The insurer, the coverage and the expiry date, with the certificate. |
| Controlled Goods registration, for controlled work | Controlled drawings go only to registered shops, through a separate lane held in Canada, with the keys in Canada. |
| Payment terms | By EFT from your invoice, on the term in your partner agreement. |
Across Canada
Canada’s 2,384 machine shops, by province.
The full tableWe’re signing up partner shops in Nova Scotia, Ontario and Quebec first, then every province.
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Apply
Apply as a partner shop.
A few minutes, and no drawings or files. We write back to every application.
Questions
Questions shops ask.
More in Help- Who buys the metal, and who owns it?
We do. We buy it for each job and have it delivered to you cut to size. The partner agreement sets out that the metal stays ours while it’s in your shop.
Read in Help- What if the metal arrives wrong?
Check it against its mill certificate, the piece count and the heat number before you cut, and tell us. We take it up with the supplier.
Read in Help- Do we need ISO 9001?
No. Tell us where you stand: certified, working towards it, or your own quality system.
Read in Help- Is our shop named to buyers?
Your shop and its province are named on the Canadian content record of every order you machine. We don’t name partners on this site.
Read in Help