MakeReady DWG. MR‑001 / MOUNT DESIGN
Custom mount & bracket design

Mounts that fit. Proven before you tool up.

Send us the device and the wall. We design a custom mount, validate the fit and every clearance with our own geometry checker, and hand you manufacturing‑ready files in days — ready for injection moulding, CNC, or a machine shop at any volume, for a fraction of what an industrial design studio charges. (Just need a few? They 3D‑print cleanly too.)

3–5 days
Typical turnaround
$290
Starting price
STEP + STL
Yours to manufacture
ISO VIEW — MAC MINI WALL MOUNT
Rendered version 24 Mac Mini wall mount, isometric view standoff bore · ∅72 rear I/O · 6-port window front I/O · USB-C ×2 · audio power-button pocket · ∅22 BBOX 134.2 × 134.2 × 78.8 mm MAKE mould · CNC · 3D-print PART v24_featurekit-port
THE PROBLEM — SCALE 1:1
Why this exists

A custom bracket shouldn’t cost like a product launch.

Most custom mounts come from one of two bad options: a studio that bills like you’re launching a consumer product, or a cheap CAD gig that ships an untested mesh and hopes it fits. We sit in the gap — studio rigor, gig speed and price.

Traditional industrial design $2K–$8K · 3–6 wks

  • Priced for mass-production tooling you don’t need
  • Slow revision loops — days per round
  • Fit is checked by eye, then by a cut prototype
  • You often don’t get the editable source files

MakeReady from $290 · 3–7 days

  • One fixed price — then it’s yours to make at any volume
  • AI-assisted iteration — many revisions per day
  • Fit & clearance proven by a geometry checker, before you tool up
  • You keep STEP, STL, and parametric source — no lock-in
What you actually get

Modeled is easy. We ship proven.

FEATURE 01

Validated, not just modeled

Every mount runs through our geometry validator — a contact graph that checks how parts actually touch, plus a swept-clearance probe that drives a finger or tool through the design looking for collisions.

FEATURE 02

We catch what renders hide

On our own flagship mount, the probe found a power button no finger could physically reach — in every early version. A pretty render never would have. We fixed it before a single part was cut or moulded.

FEATURE 03

Days, not weeks

AI-assisted parametric design means we iterate geometry in minutes. The flagship mount went through 24 logged revisions — the kind of exploration that would blow a studio’s budget on the first week.

FEATURE 04

Manufacturing-ready at scale

Files arrive with production tolerances, wall thicknesses, and draft baked in — ready for injection moulding, CNC, or a contract manufacturer, whether you make 1 or 10,000. Need a handful now? They 3D-print cleanly in-house too.

FEATURE 05

Every feature traceable

Each design is logged by part, feature, version, and orientation. You can see exactly what changed, when, and why — an auditable trail, not a folder of mystery STEP files.

FEATURE 06

You own everything

Delivered as STEP, STL, and editable parametric source. Resize it, fork it, send it to any shop. No subscription, no lock-in, no coming back to us for a 2 mm change.

PROCESS — 4 STEPS
How it works

From a photo of your gear to production-ready files.

STEP 01

Brief & free fit check

Send the device, the wall or surface, and any constraints. Within 24 hours you get a feasibility read and a fixed quote — no charge, no commitment.

STEP 02

Parametric design

We generate and iterate the geometry with AI-assisted CAD, tuning rails, clearances, vents, and cable paths against your real dimensions.

STEP 03

Validate the fit

The contact-graph and clearance probe prove that it seats, that ports and buttons stay reachable, and that nothing collides — before you commit to a production run.

STEP 04

Deliver & iterate

You get manufacturing-ready STEP, STL, parametric source, and an interactive feature viewer — ready for any factory. Revisions included until it’s right.

PROOF IT WORKS — BEFORE YOU MANUFACTURE
How we prove it

We test every design before it reaches the factory floor.

Most people making a custom mount eyeball a 3D picture and hope it fits. We don’t. Every design runs through an automated checker that behaves like your most demanding customer — it confirms the parts truly lock together, and that a real hand or tool can reach every button, port, and screw. If something can’t be reached, we find out on screen, not after you’ve paid for a production run.

CHECK 01

Does it actually hold together?

We map how every part touches and supports the next. If a clip rests on nothing, or two pieces only look connected, it shows up here — the kind of flaw you’d otherwise discover halfway through assembling it on the wall.

the engineering name: contact graph
CHECK 02

Can a human actually use it?

We push a life-sized finger — plus cables, SIM pins and screwdrivers — right through the model and measure whether each one fits. Whether you can reach a button or plug in a cable stops being a guess and becomes a number.

the engineering name: swept-clearance probe
A real check · can you reach the power button? the button sits against the wall — you reach it from the side
Design triedWhat’s reaching in Room thereRoom neededResult
First design, flush to the wall Adult fingertip 0.21 mm8.0 mm CAN’T REACH
Added a side access hole Adult fingertip 1.05 mm8.0 mm STILL TOO TIGHT
Same side access hole A SIM-eject pin 1.05 mm0.5 mm REACHES IT

Same design, two different tools, opposite answers. A bare fingertip can’t reach this power button — the Mac mini’s own body blocks the way, and no clever redesign gets around it — but a cheap SIM-eject pin slides right in. Most shops wouldn’t catch this until a customer complained. We catch it before you manufacture, and hand you the answer that works. Real numbers from our Mac Mini reference mount.

Proof · flagship build

The Mac Mini wall mount that survived 24 revisions.

Our reference build is a wall mount for the Mac Mini — the same process every client gets, run in the open. Twenty-four logged iterations, each one validated, each one production-ready.

Finding · clearance probe
“Power button is finger-unreachable — the Mac mini’s own underside caps the v14 corridor ~1.3 mm short of an adult finger.” Found in code, not on a failed production run. Reachable with a ∅1 mm pin; later revs carry a dedicated finger pocket.
24
Logged revisions
2
Validation passes · contact + clearance
FAIL→PASS
Power-button reach
1→10k
Same files, any production volume
PRICING — USD
Pricing

Fixed quotes. Files you keep. No retainer to get started.

Every project opens with a free fit check and a fixed price — you approve the number before we start. Anchor for reference: a studio quotes $2,000–$8,000 and 3–6 weeks for the same single part.

Single Mount
$290
3–5 days

One device, one clean mount. The fastest way to a part that fits.

  • 1 device / 1 surface
  • Manufacturing-ready STEP + STL
  • Fit & clearance validation
  • Production tolerances spec’d
  • 2 revision rounds
Choose
MOST CHOSEN Validated Mount
$690
5–7 days

The full treatment — parametric, documented, and provably accessible.

  • Everything in Single Mount
  • Full validation report (contact + swept clearance)
  • Editable parametric source
  • Interactive feature viewer
  • DFM review — moulding / CNC
  • 3 revision rounds
Choose
Product Line
$1,900
2–3 weeks

One parametric family that fits a whole range of devices or sizes.

  • Parametric family across variants
  • Per-variant validation
  • Hosted interactive viewer
  • Full provenance trail
  • Commercial / resale license
  • Unlimited revisions in scope
Choose
Retainer / White-label
from$1,200/mo
Priority queue

For MSPs, AV installers, and resellers building a mount catalog.

  • Ongoing design queue
  • Priority turnaround
  • Your branding on deliverables
  • Volume & batch pricing
  • Quarterly catalog reviews
Talk to us
Add-ons: Full tooling pack — mould-ready + GD&T drawings — from $400 48-hour rush — +50% Scan-to-fit from your photos/measurements — +$120 2-colour 3MF for in-house printing — +$90
Questions

The honest answers.

How can you be this much cheaper than a design studio?

Studios bundle a full product-development engagement — weeks of billable revision loops, research, and overhead — into every quote. We use AI-assisted parametric CAD to iterate in minutes instead of days, then spend the saved time on validation. You get the same production-ready output — DFM tolerances and a clean STEP any factory can run — without paying for the studio around it.

What does “validated” actually mean?

Two automated checks run on every design. A contact graph confirms the parts touch and support each other the way they’re supposed to — nothing floating, nothing relying on a press-fit that isn’t there. A swept-clearance probe drives a finger or tool through the model to confirm ports, buttons, screws, and cables stay reachable and nothing collides. You get the report, not just a thumbs-up.

What do I need to send you?

The device (make/model is usually enough — we’ll source or measure dimensions), where it’s mounting and how, and any must-haves: cable routing, ventilation, security, viewing angle. Photos and rough measurements are plenty for the free fit check. Have a STEP or scan? Even better.

What files do I get, and do I own them?

STEP for any manufacturer, machine shop, or CAD tool; STL for 3D printing; and the editable parametric source so you (or anyone) can resize and modify it later. You own all of it outright. Product Line and Retainer tiers include a commercial/resale license.

Can these be manufactured at volume?

Yes — that’s the point. Every part ships as a production-ready STEP with DFM tolerances, so you can hand it to an injection moulder, a CNC shop, or a contract manufacturer and run 10 units or 10,000. For prototypes and small runs the same files 3D-print cleanly, and we can arrange a printed sample or short batch on request.

What if it doesn’t fit?

Revisions are included in every tier, and the validation pass exists precisely to catch fit problems before you commit to production. If a delivered, validated part genuinely doesn’t fit the spec we agreed, we fix it at no charge.

Start here

Tell us what needs mounting.

Send the device and the wall. You’ll have a feasibility read and a fixed quote within 24 hours — free, no commitment.