Nobody gets turned away.
Lightmatter prices and sells CNC work across Canada, and Canadian shops machine it. A shop with open machines gets work. A shop with too much work gets paid for sending it. An owner ready to retire sells to us instead of closing the doors. There's a way in for every shop, and for the people who work in them.
Pick the one that fits, or more than one
One account covers all of them. A shop can take on work, send us work and sell an old machine without signing up three times.
Take on work
Open machine time? Get jobs already priced and paid for, offered at your own rates.
For shops with capacitySend us work
Turning work away? Send the client to us and earn 5% of what they pay us for a year.
For shops that are fullSell your shop
Retiring or closing? We buy the client book, the machines, or the whole business.
For ownersSupply us
Metal, tooling, finishing. Your prices feed our quotes and our buying.
For suppliersWe sell the work. You make the parts.
- We price and sellCustomers upload a model, see a price in seconds, and a machinist signs off within a day. When they pay, the job is ready to make.
- You machineOffers come priced from your own rate card, with the model, drawing, design checks and a job sheet. Accept, decline, or counter once.
- We shipLabels, packing and carrier rates come from us. The parts ship straight from your shop to the customer.
- Everyone's coveredThe customer's NDA covers every shop that sees their files, and your shop's name stays between you and us.
- You get paid15 days after the parts pass inspection.
- Good work gets more workOn time delivery, quality and how fast you answer make up your scorecard. You can see yours, and it decides who gets the next offer.
- People and trainingA shared talent pool for partner shops, and a Learn page for the people starting out.
Robots, people and training
Robots for your shop
A welding or machine tending cell, set up and supported, paid by the hour or by the weld inch.
Work at Lightmatter
Machinists, engineers, software, operations and more. Apply anyway if no role fits.
CareersLearn the trade
Free courses, books, schools across Canada, apprenticeships and grants, for learners and for shops.
LearnReady when you are
Tell us what you're here for. It takes about ten minutes, and Clay gets back to you within a business day.