Machining Services Perth
CNC milling, turning, threading and grinding, in the same Bassendean workshop that laser cuts, presses, welds and paints the part.
Pressform runs CNC machining centres, CNC bar-feed lathes and a tool room alongside its fabrication and pressing floor. That means a welded frame can be faced and bored after welding, a pressed bracket can be tapped, and a batch of turned pins or threaded studs can be made in the same order as the assembly they fit, with one quote, one purchase order and one supplier responsible for the finished part.
Machining in Perth for fabricated, pressed and production parts
Perth has good dedicated machine shops. If you need 5-axis work, micron tolerances or a machined casting, one of them is the right call. Pressform does not do 5-axis machining and does not machine castings.
What Pressform does is machining that belongs with fabrication. Most fabricated and pressed parts need a machined feature somewhere: a faced flange, a bored hub, a tapped boss, a keyway, a reamed hole, a turned pin, a threaded stud. Sending the part to a machine shop after welding adds freight, a second supplier, a second lead time and a second chance for a tolerance to go wrong. Doing it in the same building removes all four.
We also machine components in their own right, including pins, bushes, spacers, shafts, threaded rod and studs, adaptors, valve and pump parts, and the refractory studs, nuts and washers in our own catalogue, on CNC lathes and mills, in one-offs and batches. And our tool room designs and builds press tools, jigs and fixtures for our own production and for customers.
Part of our complete metal fabrication capability →
Machining capacity
Machined after fabrication, or machined from bar
Machined after fabrication
A welded skid, frame, hub or bracket comes off the welding bay and goes straight to the mill for facing, boring, drilling and tapping, so mounting faces are flat, bores are true and holes are where the drawing says, after the heat of welding has done its distortion, not before. Typical: flange faces, bearing housings, motor mounts, pipe-support saddles, machine bases.
Machined components from bar and plate
Turned and milled parts made as parts: pins, bushes, shafts, spacers, adaptors, studs, nuts, washers, threaded components and small housings, in steel, stainless, aluminium and brass. Bar-feed lathes make batches economical; manual machines handle the one-off or the repair.
Production component manufacturing →Tool making, jigs and fixtures
Pressform's tool room exists because the company presses, punches and robot-welds production parts, and every one of those needs a tool or a jig. The same toolmakers build for customers:
Press tools and dies for our 630-tonne press and for customers' own presses. Metal pressing and tooling →
Welding jigs and fixtures for manual and robotic welding, ours or yours.
Drill jigs, assembly fixtures, gauges and checking fixtures.
Tool repair and modification, including tools made elsewhere.
If you have a production part that is inconsistent because it is being made without a jig, the fix is usually a jig, and it is usually cheaper than the rework.
A press tool, made by our own tool room, Bassendean
Machined parts that leave the workshop finished
Finished
Electrostatic 2-pack and enamel painting on site; plating, anodising, galvanising and powder coating arranged.
Inspected
Dimensional inspection against the drawing under our quality management system.
Delivered
Perth metro on our own 8.2-tonne truck; freight for regional WA and interstate.
Machining for fabricators, OEMs and maintenance teams
Fabricators and engineering shops
Without machining in-house, or needing overflow capacity.
OEMs and equipment builders
Machined and threaded components on repeat.
Mining and plant maintenance
Replacement pins, bushes, shafts and machined repairs to sample.
Builders and architects
Machined fittings for fabricated steel and balustrade work.
Product companies
Small housings, adaptors and fittings, prototype through batch.
How to get parts machined at Pressform
Send the drawing
Or the worn part. Include material, quantity, tolerances that matter, thread specs and finish.
We quote in writing
Machining, any fabrication or pressing that precedes it, finishing and inspection. One price, one lead time.
We make it
CNC for batches and repeatable features; manual machines for one-offs and repairs.
Inspect and deliver
Checked against the drawing, then delivered or collected from Bassendean.
Why choose Pressform for machining in Perth
Machining where the part is made
No second supplier, freight or lead time between welding and machining.
Machined after welding, not before
Faces, bores and holes finished after distortion, so they are right on assembly.
A working tool room
Press tools, dies, jigs and fixtures built and maintained on site.
Bar-feed CNC turning
Batches of pins, studs, bushes and spacers at a sensible unit cost.
Materials expertise
In-house metallurgist for stainless, high-tensile, Q&T and nickel-alloy machining.
Almost 50 years in Perth
Established 1976, still in Bassendean. Every job passes our ISO 9001 quality management system.
Machined work from Bassendean
Machined flange
Bar-feed CNC lathe
Tool room work
Turned rods and bushes
Machining FAQs
Do you do CNC machining?
Yes. CNC machining centres for milling and CNC bar-feed lathes for turning, alongside manual mills and lathes for one-offs and repairs.
Do you do 5-axis machining or machine castings?
No. Pressform's machining is 3-axis milling, turning, grinding and threading, focused on fabricated, pressed and bar-stock components and tool making. For 5-axis or cast-part machining we would point you to a dedicated machine shop.
What tolerances can you hold?
It depends on the feature and material. Send the drawing with the tolerances that matter and we will confirm in the quote whether they are achievable on our machines.
What is the largest part you can machine?
Bar-feed turning is limited to 72 mm bar. Larger fabricated assemblies are machined on the mill within its table envelope.
Can you machine a part after you've welded it?
Yes. That is the main reason customers use Pressform for machining. Fabricated frames, hubs and brackets are faced, bored, drilled and tapped after welding so the machined features are true on the finished part.
Do you make press tools and jigs?
Yes. Our tool room designs, builds and maintains press tools, dies, welding jigs, drill jigs and fixtures, for Pressform's own production and for customers.
What materials can you machine?
Carbon, high-tensile and quench-and-tempered steels, stainless steel, aluminium, copper, brass, nickel alloys and titanium.
Do you take one-off jobs and repairs?
Yes. A single replacement pin or a machined repair to a sample is quoted the same way as a batch.
What is the lead time?
It depends on the job and current workload and is confirmed in writing with every quote. As a guide, one-offs and repairs often turn around in 1-2 weeks, and larger or multi-process jobs 3-4 weeks. Tell us your deadline when you send the drawing.
Where are you, and do you deliver?
23 Jackson Street, Bassendean WA 6054. Perth metro delivery on our own truck; freight arranged for regional WA and interstate.