Lotus Design started in 2019 as a mechanical-design consultancy. We added CNC machining a year later because too many of our drawings were getting butchered by shops that didn't read them. Today we design and we make · same building, same people.
Cégep de l'Outaouais for the technologist groundwork, then Université Laval for the mechanical engineering degree (where, as long as we're being thorough, he was drafted to swim varsity).
Career started as a mechanical designer for the military, then business development in aerospace. The pattern was always the same: design problems that turned into manufacturing problems, with too many handoffs in between.
Lotus Design is the answer to that. Designed in-house, machined on-site, shipped under one signature.
Co-owner Jessica handles the parts of the business David has the patience for least. The shop runs on both of them.
Customers come to us with problems at any stage · a back-of-napkin sketch, a finished drawing, a part that already exists and needs to be improved. We pick up where you are.
From sketch to detailed assembly, with DFM baked in. CAD in Fusion 360.
Parts, assemblies, exploded views, photoreal renders for proposals.
Review existing CAD against our (or your) machining capability. Save cost before tooling up.
Mills, lathe, multi-axis turn-mill. Most jobs done in one shop.
Weldments and post-weld machining for steel and aluminum brackets and fixtures.
Drawings, BOMs, inspection sheets, PMI · everything you'd hand to another vendor.
First-article inspection on critical features. Reports for AS9102 if you're in aerospace.
Custom fixturing, motion design, integration with off-the-shelf controls when you need it.
For shops that need help with a specific job, programming, or process problem.