Custom Design & Fabrication — South Carolina

Stillwater Forge Built With Intention. Made To Last.

Custom design, fabrication, prototyping, and small-production work for businesses and individuals who need something better than off-the-shelf.

Bring Us The Problem

If it doesn’t exist, we’ll design it.

Show us what wastes time, breaks too often, doesn’t fit, or simply doesn’t exist yet.

A problem. A rough sketch. An existing part. A set of measurements. A workflow that’s never quite worked right. A product idea that’s only half-formed. That’s enough to start a conversation — we take it from concept through CAD, prototyping, testing, fabrication, and short-run production if you need more than one.

Tell Us What You Need
Walnut-and-brass colorway of the CGB Research vial organizer tray
Vial storage tray for CGB Research, modeled around measured vial sizes.

What We Build

Capability grouped around how work actually gets solved.


Custom Design & Fabrication

CAD, prototypes, functional components, and mixed-material fabrication built around your actual use case.

Jigs, Fixtures & Business Solutions

Purpose-built tools and workflow improvements designed around a real process, not a catalog part.

EVA Marine Flooring Engraving

Precision laser engraving on customer-supplied EVA marine flooring. Returned ready to install, or installed for you.

Signs & Commemorative Work

Business, property, memorial, estate, farm, camp, and custom signage in wood, slate, acrylic, and layered materials.

Batch & Corporate Work

Repeatable small-production runs — branded products, gifts, displays, and awards — not just one-offs.

Premium Custom Work

Heirloom-quality organizers, displays, presentation pieces, and special commissions built to last.

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How It Works

From idea to finished production.

01

Bring Us the Problem

Tell us what you need, what isn’t working, or what you want built.

02

Design

Requirements become measurements, materials, CAD, and a fabrication plan.

03

Prototype

When appropriate, a first version is produced and test-fitted.

04

Refine

Fit, usability, tolerances, appearance, and manufacturability are improved.

05

Build

The final piece or production batch is manufactured and finished.

Why Stillwater Forge

Designed around the job. Not pulled off a shelf.

CAD-driven, not guesswork

Every project is modeled and measured before it’s built — Fusion 360, SolidWorks, and AutoCAD.

Prototyped when it matters

Fit and function get tested before a final piece or a production batch is committed to.

Built for durability

Materials and methods are chosen for the long haul, not the lowest cost per unit.

One-off or repeatable batch

A single part or a short production run — the process scales without losing attention to fit and finish.

Direct communication

You talk directly with the person designing and building the work — no account layers in between.

Mixed-material capability

Wood, slate, and printed parts combined in a single piece when the job calls for it.

Have something that should exist?

Whether it’s a production fixture, a custom sign, a replacement component, a business display, or an idea you haven’t found anywhere else — show us what you’re trying to accomplish.