Serving hardware manufacturers & fabricators in Cookeville, TN and surrounding areas
Based in Cookeville, TN with a focus on the Upper Cumberland and surrounding counties—Production Ready Engineering is your on-call mechanical team when custom work outgrows in-house capacity, without the full-time hire.
Every "no" costs you
The problem
A client walks in with a custom project — complex geometry, tight tolerances, production drawings needed. You have the machines, the crew, and the relationships. But you don't have a mechanical engineer on staff to turn it into a buildable package.
Result: You turn it away
Or maybe you take it on, and your best fabricator spends three days reverse-engineering a sketch or fixing underdeveloped drawings. You've just paid shop-floor rates for engineering work — and your real backlog grew by a week.
Result: Margin evaporates
The job you passed on? A competitor who has engineering capacity takes it. Worse — that client brings them all their future work too. One turned-away job doesn't cost you one job. It costs you a relationship.
Result: Long-term revenue loss
A junior mechanical engineer in the Cookeville / Middle Tennessee market often runs $75K–$90K in salary alone — closer to $110K with benefits and overhead. For a shop doing $1–5M in revenue, that hire is a bet-the-company decision. Most shops aren't there yet.
Result: Stuck in a gap
The math
Estimates based on typical custom fabrication project values. Your numbers will vary.
How it works
Step 01
A client brings you a custom project that's beyond your in-house design capability. Instead of turning it down, you tell them you'll have a quote and timeline within 48 hours.
Step 02
You send us the brief — a sketch, a napkin, a conversation summary. We scope it, get aligned on requirements, and build the complete production package: 3D models, flat patterns, BOMs, and drawings your shop can run immediately.
Step 03
Files land in your fabricators' hands ready to go — no interpretation, no back-and-forth, no re-work. You deliver on time, protect your margin, and own that client relationship.
How we engage
Start where it makes sense. Scale up when you're ready. No retainer required to begin.
$495 single part · $995 assembly
Already have a design but not sure it's shop-ready? We'll review it in 48 hours and give you a prioritized list of changes that reduce cost and lead time. Zero risk — full refund if we can't find a single improvement.
Start an auditMost Popular
$2,500 – $7,500 per project
You've got a custom job. We build the complete engineering package — 3D models, machine-ready flat patterns, standardized BOMs, and fabrication drawings. Designed around your shop's specific tooling and capabilities.
Discuss a project$1,500 – $3,500 / month
Ready to say yes to every custom job that comes through the door? We act as your dedicated engineering department — on call, on retainer, handling your entire technical library, revisions, and RFIs. Costs less than half a full-time hire.
Talk about a retainerGuarantee
Start with the 48-Hour DFM Audit at $495. If we can't find a single way to reduce your cost or improve your lead time, you pay absolutely nothing. We put our money where our engineering is—because we're confident it saves you far more than it costs.
Use it to de-risk a contentious quote, prove ROI to your leadership, or give your shop a prioritized punch list before you commit to a full production package.
What we review
Tolerances, material callouts, weld access, hardware stacks, flat-pattern readiness, and where the drawing is likely to create shop questions or rework.
What you get back
A ranked list of changes, estimated impact on cost or lead time, and plain-language notes your estimators can act on the same day.
Ready to stop leaving money on the table?
Book a free 30-minute call. We'll tell you exactly whether and how we can help — no pitch, no pressure.
No commitment. No retainer required. Just a conversation.
