Part-time + owner-operated New Jersey Projects scheduled by fit + availability

Independent technical workshop

Physical parts.
Digital tools.
One practical builder.

EPATA is a one-person studio for custom and repeat-run FDM printing, dimension-driven CAD, websites, custom software, workflow automation, and applied AI. I review and build each project personally.

Black geometric stove-knob guard designed and 3D printed by EPATA, fitted around a stainless-steel control knob
Real EPATA work Dimension-driven product design View the product
One person
Direct from first review to handoff
Two worlds
Physical builds and digital systems
Clear scope
Fit, timing, and expectations reviewed first

01 / Capabilities

Broad skills.
Three clear lanes.

Some projects end as a printed part. Some live entirely on a screen. Others need both. The common thread is a useful, well-scoped result—not technology for its own sake.

01

Physical

Make

Practical FDM parts and dimension-driven CAD for problems that can be measured, modeled, tested, and improved.

  • Functional prototypes and one-offs
  • Brackets, mounts, adapters, and enclosures
  • Replacement parts and reverse engineering
  • Jigs, fixtures, organizers, and templates
  • STL/3MF cleanup and print preparation
  • Repeatable batch and production-run FDM printing

CAD specialty: geometric and mechanical forms. Original free-form organic modeling and sculpting are outside my CAD focus.

Have a print-ready model outside my CAD specialty? I can still review it for printing.

02

Digital

Build

Websites and software that explain an offer, collect the right information, or make a real business process easier to run.

  • Business websites, landing pages, and catalogs
  • Quote, request, and file-intake flows
  • Custom web applications and internal tools
  • Desktop/mobile utilities and prototypes
  • APIs, integrations, and data-backed features
  • Maintenance and practical modernization

Built to the job: the right-sized solution may be a focused page, a small application, or a connection between systems—not an oversized platform.

03

Connected

Automate

Applied AI and automation for repetitive steps, messy intake, document handling, and workflows that need a practical human-designed system.

  • Workflow and task automation
  • AI-assisted customer intake
  • Document and data-processing helpers
  • Search, summarization, and knowledge tools
  • System-to-system integration
  • Proofs of concept and custom utilities

Applied with guardrails: AI is one tool inside a defined workflow. Every project still needs clear inputs, review points, testing, and ownership.

02 / Project fit

Broad capability. Direct accountability.

Physical, digital, and hybrid projects all start with a defined problem and a practical review. You work directly with me from the first message through delivery.

Production runs and rush work may be available when the part, quantity, and current schedule line up.

Usually a good fit

  • A functional part, replacement component, prototype, repeat order, or production run
  • Dimensions, samples, drawings, files, or an existing system I can evaluate
  • A website, application, automation, AI workflow, or hybrid project with a clear job to do

Usually not a fit

  • Regulated, certified, medical, aerospace, or safety-critical engineering
  • Original characters, faces, creatures, or free-form organic sculpture
  • An undefined “build everything” request without a first priority

03 / Process

Review first.
Then commit.

Your first message starts a fit and feasibility review. It does not obligate either of us or imply that the project has already been accepted.

  1. 01

    Show me the problem

    Send the goal, what you already have, important dimensions or integrations, quantity, intended use, deadline, and budget range. Photos, sketches, files, and links all help.

  2. 02

    Define the realistic scope

    I review feasibility, risks, unknowns, schedule, and likely approach. If it is a fit, you receive a clear scope and price or estimate before work begins.

  3. 03

    Build, test, and hand off

    I complete the agreed physical or digital work, test what the scope calls for, and deliver the part, files, software, documentation, or next-step recommendations.

04 / Selected work

Real examples across physical and digital.

These are projects EPATA has designed, adapted, built, or produced. Each example identifies my role so you can see exactly what EPATA handled.

Digital / product in active development

One product. Three disciplines.

PrintPass is an EPATA-built product in active development, combining website work, full-stack application development, and applied AI in one coherent system.

Website + product experience / Built by EPATA

PrintPass product website

An in-development full-stack web platform for 3D model intake, measured file checks, reports, and review-ready exports.

PrintPass evolved from the earlier PrintCheck3D interface shown here
Earlier PrintCheck3D marketing interface showing a 3D-print analysis offer and upload call to action

Custom web application / Built by EPATA

3D model workspace

An interactive workspace that brings model inspection, measured findings, geometry views, and review and export tools into one interface.

3D Print Pass application workspace with a model viewer, measured findings, and inspection controls

Automation + applied AI / Built by EPATA

Bounded AI-assisted edits

AI interprets the wording within a bounded command catalog; it does not receive the model or generate arbitrary geometry. Each edit plan is reviewed before it is applied.

3D Print Pass editing workspace with natural-language edit planning and bounded AI controls

Physical / selected work

Designed for a specific job.

Functional and geometric work—from a one-off fit problem to products that can be made again.

Case 01

Repeat production / functional parts

Replacement window components

A customer needed functional replacement window components. EPATA produced the parts and handled follow-on repeat orders.

Role: FDM production
Case 02

Product family / model-specific fit

Stove-knob guards for multiple appliance models

One functional concept was adapted into separate versions for Samsung, Frigidaire, GE, and Insignia controls instead of being presented as one universal fit.

Role: Designed + printed by EPATA See the model-specific versions

05 / Start with a review

Tell me what needs to work better.

It can be a part, a file, a website, a small application, a repetitive workflow, or a project that crosses the physical and digital boundary. Send what you have. I’ll tell you what I understand, what I can realistically take on, and what I need before quoting.

Email a project for review

Every inquiry is reviewed personally so scope, fit, and timing are clear before work begins.