Working with Create Cut Invent has meant a lot to our team. Steve is one of the kindest and most…read moregenuine people we have met. You can tell he truly cares about what he does and about helping students learn about fabricating custom parts.. He has helped us with so many custom parts, from metal side plates and back plates to protective polycarbonate plates. He also did something really special for us that not many teams get the opportunity to do, which is custom machining our own gears. Our robot needed a specific size gears in order to create the perfect RPM for the motor. We were unable to find any available parts online and had to make our own. Steve was extremely helpful and the quality turned out amazing! When we were getting ready for the FIRST Tech Challenge World Championship, we were under a ton of pressure with a really tight deadline. We had less than a month to design and build our robot, and there is no way we could have done it without Steve. There were times he got parts done for us the same day. One time, we were a few days out from the World Championship and after initial rounds of testing, we realized our robot could be even faster. Steve was extremely helpful in this matter, where he used his own steel and welded the gears onto a standoff. He was able to get the new custom gears done in just hours, and we were able to attach the new gears onto the robot on the same day! What really stands out is how much he cares. He always took the time to help us, no matter how busy things were, and he treated our team with so much support and respect. Because of him, we were able to succeed at Worlds, earning 3rd place in Design in our division and making it to playoffs. For the 2026 season, we are ranked as one of the top teams in the state of Illinois and regarded as a top caliber team in the world. We are really grateful for everything Steve has done for us. We truly could not have done this without him, and we would recommend Create Cut Invent to anyone, especially for robotics and STEM projects.

I cannot say enough good things about Create Cut Invent's service. I had a smaller sized request…read morefor custom steel plates; other services did not even bother to respond to the request, but Steven replied quickly. Once the details were finalized, it was turned around in just a few hours and it was exactly what I needed! Steven was extremely generous with his time and advice. His incredibly friendly personality paired with enthusiasm for the craft is rare to find these days. Beyond the excellent work, the owner is a Chicago legend. Honored to have Steven's services so close by in the Western Suburbs. I will definitely be using them again for any fabrication!

If you want to have confidence you will get an honest evaluation of your car, this is the spot…read more Chuck who runs the shop was very clear and transparent about the work that needed to be done. My car wasn't worth the work that was required and he was clear with that. He was super knowledgeable and helpful. Everything was great! I highly recommend!

Honest people, reasonable prices. So patient whether you are a car person with a lot of questions…read moreor 'not a car person' with a lot of questions. Stands behind work. Breath of fresh air in the car business.

Although he fixed the issue, he said it took him over 6 hours to figure out the cause. He charged…read moreme over $900 in pure labor. This is the equivalent of taking apart a ceiling fan (breaking it down into dozens of parts) then discovering it was just a bad fuse and charging the time it took to disassemble the fan when he should have started with the easiest solutions first.

I called a couple years ago when my 2004 Tundra failed emission test and they've kept it going…read moresince then. They've maintained our family's vehicles ever since expertly. An excellent shop.