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Inception Designs is the manufacturing company created by Simon "Manike" Stevens, formally of NPS and KEE. Reportably he purchased some equipment for a well-equipped home machine shop in 2012, but decided there were more interesting oppertunities to be found there.

At the time of this writing, Inception uses a couple Haas CNCs to do the bulk of their work. The newer machine is a Haas ST-20SSY 4 axis slant bed lathe equipped with live tooling. The mill seen in the pictures below is a Haas VF2 with upgraded spindle, tool changer, and 5 axis trunnion indexer. These machines make it easy to create complex workpieces with minimal interaction.

Below are some pictures of workpieces being machined.

Apache barrel mount in-process
Apache barrel mount in-process
Lathe parts in production.

Finished Axe Kryptonite body
Finished Axe Kryptonite body
Autococker Kryptonite body during machining
Autococker Kryptonite body during machining
Finished Autococker Kryptonite body
Finished Autococker Kryptonite body
Bodies in production.


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