Jim Flower LLC

Professionally trained in CATIA V5 Design!

Specializing in prototype and short-run machinined parts.

Lathe turned parts up to 21" diameter. Fine shaft work, thread cutting, pin and bushings, etc.

This is a very well equipped machine shop.

Tig welding and fabrication.    Tool Grinding.  Tool design and development.

Large precision layout table. Precision grinding; surface as well as cylindrical.

Quite capable of accurate, close tolerance work.

FAA level quality control procedures are used and documented when and if required.

I have designed and build drill jigs, inspection gages and specialized tools for a variety of   industries.

Also, reverse engineering; creating CATIA models and shop drawings from existing parts.

A known and proven problem solver:

"Jim's innovative approach to tool design has cut our run time on the Boeing 832Z2301-84 from 28 hours to just 4.5 hours. He has re-set the bar for Toolmakers." -Mark Spromberg, Process Improvement Consultant; The Boeing Co.

"A wealth of information!" -Charles Elder, CEO of Damar Aerosystems, Monroe WA.

"One of our most reliable vendors" -Jason Muszalla, The Flying Heritage Collection, Everett, WA.

WW2 Mitsubishi Zero Tail Wheel Arm, raw casting. An odd shape to fixture. The top pic shows it mounted on my 20" face plate, ready to bore.

Some reverse engineering: this is a replacement aileron control linkage part for Paul Allen's Spitfire Mk.9, a WW2 British fighter aircraft. This plane is part of the Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field, Wa. When no blueprints exist, and the only part to be copied is broken, some very careful measurements are made on the original. Catia modeling stores this data, and modern best practices are refered to for material and heat treat specs. This is one of many projects that we have worked on together.