Since beginning as a teenage machinist in 1963, Charles Hopkins has built Hopkins Machine Company into a Middletown Valley prototype shop handling everything from historic engine reconstruction to precision CNC machining. The small, owner-operated company works from sketches or 3D models, reproduces obsolete parts, and takes on short-run projects rather than production volumes. Hopkins’s background includes Army machinist training and machining work in aerospace, medical, and automotive reconstruction.
Columbus Machine Works, IncColumbus Machine Works is a Central Ohio machine shop founded by Mike Stacey in 1997, combining traditional shop-floor know-how with modern CNC manufacturing to make, repair and rebuild parts and equipment. The company grew from one antique lathe, one milling machine and one employee into a full-service operation serving customers for nearly three decades, including a distinctive specialty rebuilding M1 Garand op-rods and restoring related firearm components. Mike’s long-standing interest in historic machinery also led to the design and manufacture of the M.A.D.E. Ornamental Turning Lathe and the Lindow Rose Engine.COLUMBUS, OH
Carroll Custom MachiningFamily-owned Carroll Custom Machining grew from owner George F. Jarrard’s nearly 50 years in machining and R&D. Established in Carroll County after his 2016 retirement, the company is known for working closely with inventors and engineers to turn challenging ideas into prototypes ready for testing or presentation.WESTMINSTER, MD
Blake Machine CompanySince 1962, Blake Machine Company has operated as a family-owned Phoenix industrial machine and repair shop, turning designs, prints, and sketches into precision-machined parts. Founded by Bob Blake and now run by his son Dave, the seven-person shop combines CNC work with repair and prototype machining, while also developing its own performance parts for specialty automotive applications. The Blake family has held the shop’s land since 1919, giving the business a rare continuity alongside its modern multi-axis machining capabilities.TOLEDO, OH
N.T.M., IncStarted by Ron Weller as a one-man shop in 1972, Newport Tool & Machine now produces precision CNC-machined components in a 50,000-square-foot Newport, Pennsylvania facility. The family-owned company remains in Weller hands three generations later, with prototype-to-production work kept on one floor and customers speaking directly with the machinists building their parts. NTM’s experience ranges from Patriot Missile components and surgical eye parts to marine stabilization systems and stage hardware, and its documented quality system is ISO 9001:2015 certified.NEWPORT, PA