Lotus Design · CNC machining + mechanical design · Cantley QC

Designed. Machined. Delivered.

A precision machine shop in Cantley, Québec. We design parts, cut them on Haas + Nakamura CNC equipment, and ship them ready for your assembly. One shop, end to end.

EST. 2019 · CANTLEY QC · BILINGUAL FR / EN
Why a shop like ours

Engineers and machinists, in the same room.

Most shops only cut. We design too · which means fewer back-and-forths, faster DFM feedback, and parts that are easier to make from the start.

01

Designed in-house

Mechanical design, DFM analysis, and 3D modeling · your CAD or ours. We catch the expensive mistakes before they hit the machine.

02

Made on premises

Three-axis CNC mills with 4th-axis rotary, multi-axis turning with live tooling, CNC routing, and 3D printing for fixtures. The full toolkit, under one roof.

03

Trusted with the work

Aerospace and military design background. Six years quoting, machining, delivering. The quote you get is the part you'll receive.

The fleet · 7 machines, one shop

The hardware that does the work.

Each one chosen for what it lets us do for you · not for what it adds to the brochure. Scroll through.

01 / 07 Manufacturer photo
Vertical machining centre · super speed

Haas VF-2 SS

Our workhorse. Small to mid-size aluminum, plastics, tool steel. A 12,000-rpm inline direct-drive spindle and high-feed rapids keep cycles tight on prototype and production runs alike.

Travel · X / Y / Z30" × 16" × 20"
Spindle12,000 rpm · CT40
Tool changer24-pocket SMTC
Best forBrackets · plates · prototypes
Quote a job for the VF-2 →
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Vertical machining centre · larger envelope

Haas VF-3 SS

When the parts get bigger. Same super-speed package as the VF-2 with a larger envelope · and the HRT210 4th-axis rotary drops on top when you need to machine multiple sides without re-fixturing.

Travel · X / Y / Z40" × 20" × 25"
Spindle12,000 rpm · CT40
4th axis readyHRT210 rotary
Best forEnclosures · multi-side ops
Quote a job for the VF-3 →
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Multi-axis turning · live tooling · sub-spindle

Nakamura AS-200 LMYS

Done-in-one. Y-axis, sub-spindle, driven tools. Complex turn-mill parts come off the machine finished · no second op, no extra setup, no quality drift between fixtures.

ConfigurationL · M · Y · S
Y-axis stroke82 mm
Live toolingHigh-speed C-axis
Best forHydraulic · pneumatic · low-batch production
Quote a complex turn-mill →
04 / 07 In-shop photo · coming soon
Office lathe · compact CNC turning

Haas OL-1

Small footprint, big precision. The OL-1 fits through a standard 36" door and turns the kind of small bushings, pins, and threaded fasteners that pair with our milling work. 5C collet for fast setups.

Bar capacity1" (25 mm) · 5C collet
Travel · X / Z12" × 8"
Spindle6,000 rpm · 7.5 hp
Best forSmall precision turn parts
Quote a turn job →
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4th-axis rotary table · accessory

Haas HRT210

A rotary table that turns the VF-3 into a 4-axis machine when needed. Multiple sides per setup, ports without re-fixturing, splines and flutes on round stock. Quietly the most useful piece of metal in the shop.

Faceplate8.4" / 210 mm
Through-hole2"
Pairs withHaas VF-3 SS
Best forMulti-side milling · ports · flutes
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CNC router · sheet stock + plastics

CR Onsrud router

Sheets, plastics, soft tooling, RenShape. When a router beats a mill on cycle time · larger sheets, faster passes, lighter materials. The pragmatic choice for jobs that don't need a 12,000-rpm CT40 spindle.

Best forSheet plastics · signage · foam tooling · fixtures
MaterialsUHMW · Delrin · Polycarbonate · RenShape
Quote a router job →
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FDM 3D printer · fixtures + prototypes

Ultimaker

The shop's iteration tool. Soft jaws, fixtures, inspection aids, ergonomic prototypes · printed overnight, ready for the morning shift. Saves machining time on the parts that don't deserve it.

Best forFixtures · prototypes · soft jaws · inspection aids
MaterialsPLA · PETG · ABS · TPU
Materials

If you can spec it, we can probably cut it.

Aluminum and stainless are the everyday work. Tool steels, titanium, copper alloys, and engineering plastics are well within scope.

6061 / 7075 aluminum 304 / 316 stainless carbon & tool steel titanium copper alloys brass Delrin UHMW Polycarbonate Teflon (PTFE) ABS RenShape
From the shop · live

What David is posting on LinkedIn.

Pulled live from his profile · new tools, new parts, the occasional triumph and the occasional swearing. Latest below; the auto-feed connector wires up the rest at launch.

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Have a project? Send us your STEP files.

The quote form takes your STEP, your drawing, and the basics. We come back within one business day with a real number · not a stalling email.

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