Welding Is Only the Beginning

Why Integrated Shops Deliver Better Results

Welding is often where a project looks like it comes together, but in reality, it’s just one chapter in a much bigger story.

At General Machine, welding and fabrication are core capabilities, but they’re intentionally integrated with precision machining, assembly, and in-house paint. That combination matters. It means our customers aren’t just getting welds that hold; they’re getting assemblies that fit, function, and ship ready for the real world.

Our welding team works across carbon steel, stainless, and aluminum, supporting everything from structural frames and brackets to complex, multi-part assemblies. We routinely collaborate with OEMs, maintenance teams, and engineers who need more than “print-to-weld.” They need partners who can think through distortion, tolerances, access for machining, and downstream finishing before the first arc is struck. That’s where experience AND creativity show up.

What truly sets us apart is what happens around the weld.

Because machining lives under the same roof, we don’t guess whether a welded assembly will machine cleanly, we know. Critical surfaces can be machined after welding, bores can be trued, faces can be brought into tolerance, and interfaces can be validated before parts ever leave the building. This dramatically reduces rework, finger-pointing, and schedule risk. In practical terms, it means fewer vendors, tighter control, and faster turnaround.

Add in our in-house paint capabilities, and the advantage compounds. Frames, guards, weldments, and assemblies can move seamlessly from fabrication to machining to finishing without sitting in a truck or a third-party queue. That integration shortens lead times, improves quality consistency, and gives customers a single point of accountability from raw steel to finished, install-ready components.

Our Core Focus is simple.

We’re creative enough to figure it out and precise enough to get it right. Welding is where those two ideas meet. Every project benefits from practical problem-solving on the shop floor and disciplined execution at each step. We don’t just build parts. We build trust by showing up as a partner who understands how all the pieces fit together.

If you’re looking for welding and fabrication backed by machining precision and finishing capability, without the complexity of managing multiple shops, we’d love to talk.