Every job is pre-checked
Nothing reaches your queue until the platform's compiler has confirmed the configuration is clean: no parts clash, and every declared joint touches.
For local wood shops
Bench and CNC work, checked before it reaches you.
Plank & Pattern sends you jobs that have already been compiled and checked for clashes and joint fit, pre-nested onto sheets and boards, with parts labeled and a joinery schedule attached. You set your price on the open marketplace, or work to a negotiated partner rate card. Either way, you're paid for making the parts and we buy the shipping.
Why shops work with us
We handle the design side. You handle the making.
Pre-nested, labeled parts
Parts arrive as DXF grouped by operation class — flat top-face, flip, edge, end, tilted — already nested onto your sheet or board sizes, with per-part labels and a joinery schedule so the cutting and assembly order is spelled out.
You price the work, or work to a rate card
On the open marketplace, you set your own price per job. In the partner network, you run a negotiated rate card with reserved capacity instead. Either way, the price you see is what you're paid.
No design liability
You cut what the pack specifies. You never substitute joinery. If a configuration needs to change, it becomes a new configuration and a new quote; you don't have to decide on the shop floor.
Paid for making, not for shipping
You're paid for the making — materials, machine time and labor on your own rate card. The platform buys the shipping on its own carrier accounts and handles the customer relationship, so you never need a customer's contact details.
Work that fits your shop
Jobs are routed to shops with the right machines and spare capacity rather than posted to a public board, so what reaches you is work you can take.
How it works
From application to your first paid job.
Apply
Tell us about your shop: machines, materials, typical lead time and region. Takes a few minutes.
Capability profile
We turn your machines, bed and tool sizes, material catalog and rate card into a profile. Jobs are only ever offered to a shop whose profile covers every operation a design needs.
Test coupon
You cut a small calibration piece so we can measure what your shop holds to (feature accuracy, thickness tolerance) before any customer order is on the line.
First jobs
Once your coupon is measured, customer jobs start arriving that match your profile and capacity.
Your first 10 orders are backed by us: if an issue with one of them is upheld and you can't put it right, the platform covers the remedy. For those orders you're paid in full three days after delivery while we get to know your shop.
What we look for
Not every shop needs every machine — your profile is matched to the jobs it can do.
Machines and process
- A 3-axis CNC router, with a known bed size and tool library
- A panel saw for sheet breakdown, if you take sheet-goods work
- An edge bander, for designs that call for it
- Dust extraction suited to the volume you'd run
Materials and stock
- A material catalog you can commit to: nominal and measured thickness, price, grade
- Sheet goods (plywood, MDF) or solid hardwood and softwood, or both
- Willingness to record measured thickness and moisture content per job
Reliability and quality
- Realistic lead times you can hold to, and clear acceptance or decline of offers
- Dry-fit checking before a kit is packed and shipped
- Willingness to be measured: on-time shipping and kit accuracy become part of your public profile once you're taking customer orders
Frequently asked questions
Do I set my own prices?
On the open marketplace, yes, you price each job yourself. If you join the partner network instead, you run a negotiated rate card with reserved capacity rather than pricing job by job. You can be considered for either.
What if I don't have every machine a design needs?
Your capability profile lists exactly which operations your shop covers. A job is only ever offered to you if every operation it needs is on your profile, so you won't be offered work you can't do.
What is the test coupon?
A small calibration part you cut on your own equipment so we can measure what your shop holds to (feature accuracy and thickness tolerance) before your capability is shown to the platform or used to route a customer order.
Am I liable if a design doesn't go together properly?
No. You cut to the pack we send you, and you're responsible for parts being within the stated tolerance. If a problem is found to be a design fault rather than a fabrication one, that's attributed to the design, not to your shop, before anything is counted against you.
How and when do I get paid?
You're paid for the making — materials, machine time and labor, on your own rate card. The platform buys shipping separately and is never a cost to you. New shops are paid in full after delivery for their first 10 orders; the partner tier moves to a staged schedule (part at the start of production, the balance after delivery).
Do I deal with the customer directly?
No. Shipping labels are generated by the platform, so you never need a customer's name, email or phone number to get a kit out the door. Any issue after delivery is handled by the platform first.
What if I need to decline a job?
You can decline with a reason within your response window. A declined job goes to the next shop whose profile and capacity fit, and there's no public penalty for declining.
What happens if a customer reports a problem after delivery?
Customers have 30 days from delivery to report an issue. Every report is triaged to attribute fault (fabrication, transit damage, a design fault, or customer error) before any remedy is decided or counted against a shop's record.
Apply as a fabricator
Tell us about your shop. This starts your capability profile. It isn't a contract.
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