Drawing or sample
CAD, a dimensioned drawing, clear photos, or an existing part.
Made-to-order project intake
Custom Part Manufacturing: Start with Your Drawing, Material, Quantity, and Use
If you are not sure whether CNC machining, 3D printing, or low-volume injection molding fits your part, send the drawing or sample, material, quantity, critical features, and intended use. MALIEV will route the request for an appropriate manufacturing review. Existing parts that need geometry capture may start with 3D scanning and reverse engineering.
Material or behavior
State the known material or how the part must perform.
Quantity
Share the first quantity and any expected repeat demand.
Use and critical points
Explain interfaces, fits, loads, environment, and important surfaces.
Which path should your project start with?
These routes answer different questions. Open the specialist guide when you already know the process, or send the project as custom manufacturing when the process is still unknown.
When the process is unknown or the project spans more than one manufacturing process, start here. This page owns the initial manufacturing review; specialist pages own the process details.
Start with CNC machining
Use this route when you have CAD or a drawing and expect the part to be cut from solid engineering material. The CNC guide owns machining capability, materials, files, and quotation details.
Start with 3D printing
Use this route when a 3D model exists and the project needs an additive prototype, fit check, or geometry suited to layer-by-layer production. The printing guide owns process and material details.
Start with 3D scanning
Use this route when the physical part is the primary source and you need geometry capture, reverse-engineering input, or comparison data. Scanning is an input step and does not automatically create a production-ready design.
Start with low-volume injection molding
Use this route when you have a mold and need a pneumatic PIMM review for a batch up to 1,000 parts. Larger requirements may be better served by owning the machine.
How a process-unknown request is reviewed
Receive the evidence
We start from the available drawing, model, photos, sample details, material, quantity, and intended use.
Identify the evaluation route
The request is routed toward CNC machining, 3D printing, or geometry capture based on the evidence—not a keyword alone.
Resolve missing decisions
Questions may cover material behavior, interfaces, critical dimensions, finish, quantity, or whether a physical sample must be reviewed.
Confirm quotation scope
A quotation is prepared only after the process, inputs, deliverables, assumptions, and review boundaries are clear enough.
Send what is known; mark what still needs discussion
- CAD model, dimensioned drawing, or available sample information
- Known material, required behavior, or operating environment
- First quantity and possible repeat quantity
- Critical dimensions, interfaces, fits, threads, or appearance surfaces
- Intended use, failure concern, and date the part is needed
- Target budget or cost constraint, delivery location, and required date
Ready to send the project?
Use the quotation form to attach available files and describe the part. The form creates one reviewable enquiry; it does not select a manufacturing process automatically.
Once the review inputs are sufficient, the quotation confirms the proposed manufacturing route, scope, assumptions, price and lead time.
Custom manufacturing FAQ
Which manufacturing process should I choose?
Use CNC machining when the part should be cut from solid engineering material, 3D printing when an additive prototype or complex form can start from a 3D model, and 3D scanning when an existing physical part must first become usable geometry or comparison data. If the choice is unclear, send the project information for review.
Can you quote from a photo alone?
A photo can explain context, but it normally does not define scale, hidden geometry, material, fits, or critical dimensions. A production quotation may require CAD, a dimensioned drawing, or access to the physical sample after review.
Can an existing part be reproduced without a drawing?
The first step may be 3D scanning and reverse engineering, but scan data is not automatically a manufacturing-ready design. Material, intended use, interfaces, wear, damage, and critical dimensions still need review before a production scope can be confirmed.
What information should I send first?
Send the available CAD or drawing, photos or sample details, material or required behavior, quantity, intended use, critical dimensions or interfaces, finish expectations, and the date the part is needed. Unknown items can be marked for discussion.
Indicative starting prices
Use these starting points to choose a service. The final quotation is confirmed after we review geometry, material, quantity, finish, tolerances, and delivery requirements.
Project review
Send your file, sample, material, quantity, and intended use so we can recommend the right route.
Quote after project reviewProcess selection
CNC, 3D printing, scanning, design, molding, or casting may each suit a different requirement.
Matched to your requirementsPrices are planning references, not a binding offer. We will confirm the scope, tax, delivery, and any revision or finishing work before production.
Manufacturing support from Pak Kret, Nonthaburi
MALIEV supports customers in Bangkok and Nonthaburi and reviews projects across Thailand. Files and project details can be sent online; delivery and onsite work depends on service and project review.
Maliev Co., Ltd.36/1 Moo 3, Khlong Khoi, Pak Kret, Nonthaburi 11120, Thailand
Business hours
Monday-Friday: 09:00-18:00
Saturday-Sunday: Closed
Start from the evidence you already have
Send the drawing, model, photos, or sample details together with material, quantity, critical points, and intended use.