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Thousands of small shops use SendCutSend (SCS) to produce “near‑net shapes,” then…
Brief
SendCutSend‑style centralized cut services produce near‑net blanks for thousands of small U.S. shops, enabling local shops to do finishing, assembly and niche processes. That lowers costs for ~100–200 piece runs, rescues the lowest ~20% of backlog parts, and accelerates startups and integrators—creating a self‑reinforcing flywheel the author calls a major manufacturing accelerant.
Why it matters
Thousands of small shops use SendCutSend (SCS) to produce “near‑net shapes,” then perform final processing or assembly locally, turning SCS into an accelerant rather than a competitor.
Key details
- The economics shift: low‑volume 'onesie–twosie' work is under threat, but runs in the 'hundredsies–two‑hundredsies' range become much cheaper because blanks arrive pre‑machined, letting shops focus on specialties like EDM.
- Per @emm0sh (Apr 28, 2026), SCS acts as a relief valve for the bottom ~20% of 'graveyard' backlog parts, creating a flywheel for American manufacturing that the author argues may be more important to hardware startups than computers.