Product design
Concepts, sketches and form studies that turn a problem into a product. We work out what it does, how it feels and how it's used before anything gets expensive.
Product design & prototyping · Suffolk, UK
From idea to reality.
Redhut is a product design and prototyping studio built on twenty years of hands-on manufacturing — from traditional boatbuilding to CNC production. We design things that can actually be made, then build the prototypes to prove it.
Services
One studio, from first idea to first batch.
Prototyping
Fast, physical iterations — 3D printed, CNC cut, laser cut and hand finished. Real parts you can test, break, show investors and put in front of customers.
Design for manufacture
Production-ready CAD, drawings, DXFs and BOMs. Materials, tolerances and costs resolved, so your manufacturer quotes on a design that will actually work.
Experience
Twenty years of making things.
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years in manufacturing
I started out in traditional boatbuilding, and have spent the twenty years since working with just about every material and process going — timber, composites, metals and plastics, by hand and by CNC.
That breadth is the point. When you bring Redhut an idea, you're working with someone who knows how it will be made, what it should be made from and what it will cost — before the first prototype is cut.
Process
Short loops. Real parts. No surprises.
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Brief
A conversation about what you're making, who it's for, the budget and the timeline. We come back with a fixed-scope proposal.
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Concept
Sketches, rough models and early CAD. We explore options quickly and narrow down together.
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Prototype
We build it, test it and refine it — as many loops as it takes to get it right in the hand.
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Handover
Production files, drawings and supplier support, so the thing you approved is the thing that gets made.
CNC programming consultancy
Get more from the machines you already have.
Plenty of workshops own capable CNC kit but don't have the in-house experience for complex machining. We work alongside your team — programming the jobs you can't yet, and showing your operators how to do it themselves.
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CAM programming
Toolpaths for complex parts and multi-sided work, programmed with you so your team understands every step.
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Cycle time & finish
Smarter toolpath strategies, feeds and speeds — faster runs, cleaner cuts and longer tool life.
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Workholding & fixtures
Jigs, vacuum and fixture design so setups are quick and parts come off the machine repeatable.
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Training for your operators
Hands-on, on your own machines and your own jobs — so the skills stay in-house after we've gone.
Routers, mills and lathes · On-site at your workshop or remote
Sister company
Need parts cut?
Redhut CNC takes care of CNC machining and production runs — the natural next step once your design is signed off.
Selected work
From the workshop.
One-offs, prototypes and production runs — in timber, composites, metal and plastic.
Contact
Got an idea that needs to exist?
Tell us what you're making. We're based in Suffolk, work with clients across the UK, and reply within a working day with honest thoughts on how to get there.
info@redhutuk.com