Millwright/Machine Shop and Precision Timber Products

Flatline Mechanical is a millwright machine service located on the Sunshine Coast specializing in both wood and metal machining. Flatline has a well equipped facility consisting of an overhead crane, 2 metal lathes, a radial arm drill, a 60 ton hydraulic press, welders, fully tooled service truck, deck trailer, dump trailer, and skid steer.  Flatline Mechanical also has a shop located in High Prairie Alberta with CNC plasma cutting available.

I was listening to Canadian punk rock band The Flatliners specifically the album Destroy to Create when I chose the name Flatline Mechanical. As time went on I've re-phrased, Freedom to create and made it my foundational philosophy to live by and inspire an invitation to excellence.   We live in the greatest time in history for access to affordable technology and information so let's race to the top instead of virtue signaling to the bottom. 

Flatline started out with purchasing an overhead crane system and massive Lathe from Barter Design in 2017 The 1940s Mcdougall Tail shaft lathe with 24' bed and 48' swing in the gap, 36" over the cross slide, was brought to the coast to manufacture product for Barter Design, Barter partners ran into difficulty getting the Lathe operational.  Flatline purchased the Lathe and commissioned it with help from Knowles Technical services. The Lathe was then streamlined and tooling reinvented for efficiently producing high quality Barter products. After proving reliable for Barter, Flatline was commissioned to produce several display poles for the Bill Reid Gallery in Vancouver.  This project was another stimulus that brought about several tooling inventions purpose built in house by Dan, including a 20 " external radius cutter and 3HP Milling machine with 24" cross action and 16" vertical action being mounted on the Lathe carriage. This accessory with it's numerous available cutter options transformed the Lathe into an incredibly versatile and effective machine for producing precision timber products.

The shop has steadily grown since the Lathe.  We now have a well rounded arsenal of machine tooling for a wide range of applications.  Whatever you need built or fixed we'll get you flanged up.