Nos Manufacturing LLC

Nos Manufacturing LLC Engineering-led manufacturing in Everett, WA, serving OEMs and Tier 1/2 suppliers.
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Big news. NOS Manufacturing is officially a sponsor of the University of Washington Formula Motorsports team. UWashingto...
08/25/2026

Big news. NOS Manufacturing is officially a sponsor of the University of Washington Formula Motorsports team. UWashington Formula Motorsports

We'll be providing 3D scanning and metrology support on their aero components, plus hands on mentorship for their aerodynamics and composites teams.

Proud to support the next generation of engineers.

Inconel 718 is the metal behind rocket motors, jet engines, and gas turbines because it holds up under extreme heat with...
08/25/2026

Inconel 718 is the metal behind rocket motors, jet engines, and gas turbines because it holds up under extreme heat without breaking down. It's also brutal and expensive to machine the traditional way.

This is an older article from the Department of Energy, first published in 2022 and updated this past May, but it still gets at a real problem. Researchers used supercomputing to predict how the material behaves during metal 3D printing, which let them design better heat treatments and, in some cases, skip extra processing steps entirely. That kind of work can mean serious energy and cost savings for manufacturers working with tough alloys like this.

This is exactly the material we work with here at NOS Manufacturing. Inconel and other nickel alloys are a core part of our metal additive manufacturing capability, especially for parts with complex geometry that would be a nightmare to machine the old way.

Got a part in a tough alloy that's been hard to produce? We'd like to hear about it.

Link to the article in the comments.

Question for anyone in manufacturing: how do you build a replacement part when there's no CAD file, no drawing, nothing ...
08/20/2026

Question for anyone in manufacturing: how do you build a replacement part when there's no CAD file, no drawing, nothing but the old worn out part in your hands?

Used to mean hours with calipers and a lot of guessing.

Laser 3D scanning solves that. It captures the entire surface of a part, every curve and detail, and turns it into a full digital model you can actually work from. Some sources say it cuts reverse engineering time by up to 80 percent compared to the old way.

It also catches something people forget. Parts wear over time. So even when a CAD file exists, it might not match what the part looks like today. Scanning gets you the real thing.

We use this in our own process here at NOS Manufacturing, for reverse engineering, checking tooling, and making sure finished parts actually match what they were designed to be.

Anyone else running 3D scanning in their shop? What are you using it for?

Link to the article in the comments.

Sharing this one even though it's been out for a bit. A team presented this back in October 2025, published this past Ma...
08/12/2026

Sharing this one even though it's been out for a bit. A team presented this back in October 2025, published this past May, on qualifying a titanium fl**ge for a space launcher, printed with electron beam metal 3D printing, against ESA's standard for space grade parts.

It's a good look at the qualification work that has to happen before a printed metal part ever gets near a rocket. That's the same mindset we run on here at NOS Manufacturing with our copper, Inconel, and nickel alloy work. If your project needs metal 3D printing done right, give us a shout.

Link in the comments.

08/06/2026

New project just kicked off. Reverse engineering the stock intake on a Mazda CX-90 with the 3.3L inline six.

We scanned the intake itself and the intake bay separately using our RevoPoint METRO X to capture the full available geometry in both. That is always step one in intake development, you have to know exactly what space you are working with before you can design anything around it.

Right now there is only one aftermarket intake option for this platform. Based on what we know about intake development, there is real room to build something that competes.

This could turn into a one-off experimental build or grow into something we take toward production. Either way, this is the pilot. Geometry first, then design for maximum flow and minimum restriction, then dial in the mass airflow numbers.

Excited to see where this goes.

07/31/2026

Behind the scenes on first article inspection.

Split screen: the RevoPoint METRO X scanning the surface in real time, and the live point cloud building in the software as it happens.

This step is what everything downstream depends on. Capture quality here sets the ceiling for how accurate the final deviation report can be.

Following up on the composite mold video with a closer look at two things it did not fully show.First photo is the actua...
07/28/2026

Following up on the composite mold video with a closer look at two things it did not fully show.

First photo is the actual first article inspection report from that project, generated with ZEISS INSPECT. Full surface deviation mapping and tolerance data, the same numbers the composite structure gets built off of. This is a real sample of what every customer receives.

Second photo is the tool right off the printer, before any post processing. Raw, straight off the bed.

At NOS Manufacturing, we are proud of the parts we produce. But just as important is the ability to back every one of them with a proper first article inspection. That is the difference between a part that looks right and a part that is verified right.

Very much needed update. If you recall my last business card, it was never this cool.These are fully aluminum. If you ca...
07/24/2026

Very much needed update. If you recall my last business card, it was never this cool.

These are fully aluminum. If you catch me in person, ask for one, I would be more than happy to hand you one.

Front side is the usual, name, title, what we do. Back is the fun part. Unit conversions I use every day, plus the equations we rely on for aerospace structural work. Factor of safety, Hooke's Law, bending stress. An actual reference sheet you can keep in your pocket.

07/22/2026

Here is a full project walkthrough from CAD to customer delivery in three days.

This is a 3D printed composite tooling insert for a carbon fiber panel. The tool gets post processed with a composite shell then sanded and buffed down to a finish capable of producing multiple dimensionally stable carbon fiber panels.

We printed it vertically rather than flat. Most operators go flat to stay within build volume but the real reason to print vertically here is precision. The dimensional accuracy on our printer lives in the X and Y square rails. Keeping the critical curved surface in those axes gives us significantly better geometry than stacking it in layer height.

After printing, the tool went through first article inspection using our in-house 3D scanner. Two scans, up to 0.02mm single frame accuracy, full surface coverage. We ran a CAD to surface comparison against the original model and documented every deviation. Surface tolerance was plus 0.46mm and the tool came in well within spec.

The full inspection report shipped to the customer with the tool. They know exactly where every high spot is before their first composite part ever comes off the mold.

Printed, inspected, shipped in three days. Watch the full walkthrough in the video above.

Before I was running NOS Manufacturing, I spent four years at Boeing as an aircraft structures mechanic. Rivets, sheet m...
07/16/2026

Before I was running NOS Manufacturing, I spent four years at Boeing as an aircraft structures mechanic. Rivets, sheet metal, real structural assembly. That foundation shaped everything I know about how aircraft are actually built.

Last weekend I got to put that to work in a completely different way.

I recently joined Cascade High School as a volunteer mentor through Tango Flight, a nonprofit that places real aircraft kits in high school classrooms and walks students through building them as a hands-on STEM program. This fall I will be mentoring students as they work through building a Sling 2 kit aircraft from scratch.

Mentor training was last weekend and we got right into it. Alongside the Tango Flight team and the staff at Cascade High School, we assembled the vertical stabilizer for the Sling 2 together. Real rivets, real sheet metal, real aircraft. The Cascade staff brought great energy and it was clear how invested they are in this program.

Big thank you to Dan and Karen Weyant for coming out and leading the day, and to the Cascade High School team for making this such a great first experience. There is nothing quite like watching people rivet their first piece of aluminum and realize they are building an airplane. Cannot wait to bring that experience to the students this fall.

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