About Pontiac
Printing Press

Pontiac Printing Press started while I was living in Pontiac, Michigan—a gritty, overlooked city with deep industrial roots and visible scars. It was loud, chaotic, imperfect, and real. Old architecture, forgotten capability, and constant reminders that this place used to build extraordinary things.

That environment shaped the name and the philosophy.

PPP is not a mass manufacturer. It's not a mass 3D print farm. It's not a race to the bottom. I'm not interested in making thousands of disposable parts just because a machine can run unattended. I grew up near landfills. I've seen what excess looks like.

This is a small, intentional studio focused on thoughtful design, correct geometry, material choice, and objects that are meant to be used—not thrown away.

I work best with engineers, designers, and curious builders—people who can articulate constraints and trust the process. The projects that excite me are the ones where function, form, and reality meet: fixtures, tools, prototypes, low-volume production, and custom solutions that don't exist off the shelf.

I care deeply about correctness. Threads should work. Assemblies should assemble. Documentation should exist. If something fails, I take it personally.

I intentionally don't optimize for scale, speed at all costs, or lowest possible price. I optimize for clarity, quality, and long-term usefulness.

"Printing Press" is intentional. PPP is as much about publishing ideas as it is about making objects—documentation, process, transparency, and teaching. Showing how something is made matters. It builds trust, transfers confidence, and preserves knowledge.

The tools will change. The materials will change. The principles won't.

In ten years, Pontiac Printing Press is still small, still independent, and still deliberate. A studio, a lab, and a publishing platform for thoughtful making. A place where engineering, craft, and design meet without apology.

If Pontiac Printing Press succeeds, it gives me the freedom to choose meaningful work, support others fairly, and spend my time building things that deserve to exist.