The Workshop

1,400 sqft of lasers, CNC, woodworking, and 3D printing — all under one Edinburgh roof.

What's inside

Our equipment

We invested in serious machines so we could make serious work. Every piece of equipment earns its space in the workshop.

Brass coins on the work area of a 100W Fibre MOPA laser at Cobblestone Creative workshop.

Lasers

Laser cutting and engraving

Three laser systems give us the range to work with almost any material. The 100W fibre MOPA laser handles metals — brass, stainless steel, aluminium, anodised finishes — with precision down to fractions of a millimetre. The 50W fibre laser is dedicated to finer metal work and marking. The 60W CO2 laser cuts and engraves wood, acrylic, leather, fabric, and paper.
Between them, they cover engraving, cutting, marking, annealing, and colour-changing on metal. If it can be cut or marked with light, we can do it.

Genmitsu CNC with organised bits in Cobblestone Creative workshop.

CNC

CNC routing

Our small-scale CNC handles detailed work — the animal silhouettes on Tog & Twig stools, decorative inlays, precision joinery. A larger format CNC (2.4m × 1.2m capacity) is arriving soon, opening up full-sheet work for furniture panels, signage, and architectural pieces.
CNC means repeatability without losing the handmade feel. Every piece is still sanded, assembled, and finished by hand.

Bambu labs H2D and AMS filament loader in Cobblestone Creative workshop in Edinburgh.

3D Printing

3D printing and prototyping

Two Bambu printers — the H2D and the A1 — let us prototype fast. A new product can go from screen to physical model in hours, not weeks. We use them for jigs, fixtures, test fits, and client prototypes. When a design needs to be held, tested, and revised before it hits the CNC or laser, printing gets us there

Dewalt chop saw in woodworking workshop at Cobblestone Creative.

Woodworking

Woodworking

The workshop is a fully functional woodworking space alongside the digital fabrication equipment. Table saw, bandsaw, planer, thicknesser, router table, hand tools — everything needed to take raw timber from rough-sawn boards to finished furniture. Most of our products start here, with material selection and preparation, before moving to the CNC or laser for precision work.

HOW WE WORK

From idea to finished piece

Step 1 — Design:

We sketch, model, and iterate. For our own brands, this can take weeks. For commissions, we work with you until the design is right.

Step 2 — Prototype:

A physical model before any production commitment. 3D printed or cut from offcuts, depending on the material. This is where we catch problems early.

Step 3 — Material selection:

We source materials for each run. Solid mahogany for Ash & Grain, birch plywood for Tog & Twig, whatever the project demands. We don't stockpile — we buy for the job.

Step 4 — Production:


Parts are cut, routed, or laser-engraved to spec, then moved to the bench for hand assembly. Depending on the product, this might take an afternoon or a full week — we don't rush it.

Step 5 — Finishing:

Hand-sanded, oiled, waxed, or painted depending on the product. This is where the character comes in — no two pieces of natural wood finish identically.

Step 6 — Quality check and dispatch:

Every piece is inspected before it ships. If it's not right, it doesn't leave.