Chicago Router Works

CNC routing · laser cutting · 3D printing · Chicago

Ideas in.
Exact pieces out.

From a cocktail napkin to a CAD file, we cut, carve, engrave, and 3D print the parts and props your project needs—with the repeatable precision of a real machine shop.

CNC router cutting a geometric path through birch plywood

From rough sketch

to repeatable parts.

Find your path

Who are you?

The same capable shop, shaped around the way you are bringing a project to life.

Wood · plastic · foam

2D + 3D work

Local shop · real people

The short version

A capable shop for ambitious little details.

01 / Repeatable

Clean cuts, consistent depth, and uniform parts when one is not enough.

02 / Material-aware

MDF, birch ply, foam, acrylic, PVC, and more—matched to the way your piece needs to work.

03 / Flexible intake

Bring vector art, CAD, a physical object, or the napkin you drew it on. We’ll figure out the next step.

04 / Human-scale

A local Chicago shop, a real conversation, and a quote built around your actual project.

Pick your process

Make the edge do more.

CNC routing for letters, shapes, pockets, lattices, frames, and dimensional carving.

Laser cutting for crisp cuts and etched detail in paper, board, acrylic, plexiglass, and luan.

3D printing for parts, props, and forms that need to stand on their own.

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The work

See what we’ve made.

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Ready when you are

Bring us the idea.

Start a project