Work Order No. 047 — Repairable Goods Only
OFFCUT is a product design & engineering studio. We teardown bloated products and rebuild them as modular, fixable, honest hardware — from crank radios to field sensors. If it needs a proprietary screwdriver, we failed.
Studio principles: no glue traps, every screw documented, spare parts for 10 years.
Services, written as autopsy reports. Expand each drawer — no mystery, no retainers that evaporate.
We buy your product, break it on camera, and map every fastener, adhesive, and regret. You get a rebuild plan that cuts part count and kills glued assemblies.
Functional looks-like / works-like units with off-the-shelf motors, boards, and 3D-printed housings. Built so your factory can actually quote it.
Drop tests, dust, rain, angry toddlers. We ruggedize enclosures, write the illustrated fix-it guide, and stock spares before launch.
All schematics drawn in-house. No renders, no stock photos. Open each X-ray — content works without JavaScript.
Wind-up emergency radio rebuilt from 78 parts to 41. One tool opens everything; gears slide out without desoldering.
Modular pour-over kettle where the heating base, valve, and handle each swap in under two minutes. Descale without dread.
Solar soil probe for small farms. Potted electronics replaced with gasketed pods farmers can reseal with a coin.
We keep the corpses. Every scrapped idea teaches the next build.
Illustrative stats — fictional demo figures for design only, not client results.
Four stations. You can stand at any one and watch. Use Prev/Next, arrow keys, or swipe.
Station 1 of 4: Break it
We buy, borrow, or beg your product and film the teardown. Every curse word is a design requirement.
OUTPUT: 12-page rip report
Cut part count ruthlessly. One screw type. No hidden clips. If a child can’t diagram it, redraw it.
OUTPUT: foam + CAD v1
Working rigs, drop tests, farm mud. We break the fix until the fix survives you.
OUTPUT: tested v2 + BOM
Manuals, spares, video guides. We ship the product and the knowledge to keep it alive.
OUTPUT: kit + docs
Fixed-scope bins, not hourly fog. Pick a bin; we sign a one-page work order.
$8k — 2 weeks
For teams with a hunch and a prototype that rattles.
$24k — 6 weeks
Most chosen. From broken thing to working modular rig.
$48k — 12 weeks
For launches. We stay through tooling and spares.
Tell us what’s stuck, glued, or rattling. We reply within 2 business days — human, not drip campaign.