Relight the Forge gives independent shops what only big manufacturers have had: a team that wins federal contracts, handles the paperwork and pays you within two business days of the customer paying us. You keep your name, your prices and your customers.
to join. You choose every job you take.
bids to write. We find the jobs, bid them and do the government paperwork.
to get paid after the customer pays us. No chasing invoices.
Federal spare-parts jobs matched to your machines. We bid them, and when we win, you make the parts.
See the drawing and the price before you commit. Parts bought before carry our price, set to win. New parts take your quote.
We hold the contracts and registrations, write the bids, send the packaging and marking rules and invoice the customer.
Every job, quote, order and payment in one place, on your phone. See it.
No shop in the network ever sees another shop's prices or quotes.
Turn down any job we send. Defense work is never required, and your customers stay yours.
A fourteen-person shop can't get bulk pricing, a compliance team or a pipeline of trained machinists on its own. A network of them can. Members get each of these as it opens.
Free inside the job feed. Every tool keeps its work with the part, so the next order starts where the last one ended.
Small shops make a large share of the country's parts but rarely have a say when the rules are written. Together they can.
Your shop doesn't have to close when you retire. We'll introduce you to families, crews and buyers who will keep it running and keep it American, and you choose who takes over, on your timeline.
Joining is free. We'll call, come see the shop, and send the first drawing when a job fits.
Questions shop owners ask