CUSTOM DESIGN / BUILD / ST. LOUIS

Bring us the thing that does not exist yet.

Turner & Associates designs and builds one-off objects, prototypes, short runs, custom machines, furniture, and the hardware between them.

Custom machine and camera rig built in the Turner workshop
DISCIPLINES Machine / Wood / Sheet metal
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Design services from customer concept to functioning solution.

START WITH THE PROBLEM

Different briefs.
One connected shop.

Choose the closest starting point. The work often crosses more than one discipline.

Finished one-off wood objects on a Turner workbench

PATH / 01

When the object has to be made for one exact purpose.

Fine furniture, cabinets, presentation boxes, storage systems, and other pieces built around a particular use.

  1. Concept
  2. Design
  3. Fabrication
  4. Finish

THE WORKING SYSTEM

Capability where the problem needs it.

IN HOUSE / 01

Machine shop

Custom hardware, jigs, fixtures, industrial devices, restored mechanisms, and one-off components.

IN HOUSE / 02

Wood shop

Furniture, cabinets, speaker enclosures, presentation boxes, displays, and storage systems.

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Manual sheet metal

Formed parts and assemblies integrated with machined and wood components.

PARTNER NETWORK

Beyond the walls

Turner coordinates welding, sandblasting, plating, powder coating, electronic controls, and foundry work when a build calls for them.

SELECTED PHYSICAL EVIDENCE

Objects that refuse a standard category.

Precision custom hardware and machined parts
Hardware / mechanism01
Compartmented presentation box in finished wood
Wood / presentation02
Finished custom wood boxes with detailed inlay
One-off / finish03
Precision wood components in assembly
Jig / assembly04

A USEFUL FIRST MESSAGE

What are you trying to make?

Send the idea, the constraint, and anything you already know about size, material, quantity, or how it needs to work. Bill can tell you whether Turner & Associates can help.

2215 Macklind Ave
St. Louis, MO 63110