.........Matt's Machine Shop...........
~Specialized in CDIY Fabrication~

I always liked a place that has custom in their name, they generally do CUSTOM work. Trendy or not, a coffee is a coffee, people go to the "trendy" places and pay more because they want what's best. Society tells them that trendy is best. (switching gears) It's an added bonus when they actually find out the place does great work for a great (non-trendy) price. Doesnt matter whether you like it or not, all that matters is what's gonna draw the most customers and separate you from the rest of the guys in town. Who's the average American gonna choose first when driving down the street or flipping through the phone book? A mom and pop named garage? or a shop that has custom work in their name?

Bob's Backyard Fabrication
or
Bob's Custom Fabrication

Sure you or I would go for the more trusted, established place where we know the old guy behind the counter KNOWS what he is doing, but the average teen-35 year-old is gonna go for what is hot, now and cool. Simple economics. Sure west coast customs is played out, but dont use a Maltese Cross in your logo and you won't be a total poser. It's not like they hold a patent on the word "Custom" and every variation of the spelling.


Start a catchy word list that describes the kind of work you want to do, include anything and everything you can think of... (including variations of a word)

CDIY
Creation - Creations
Fabrication - Fabricate -
Custom - Custom Made - Customized
Innovation - Innovations
Welding -
Auto
Bend - Bending
Shop
Machine
Unique
Creation - Creations -
Hand Made -
Specialized -
Exceptional -

ect. Take a look at the list when you get a bunch of differt words (get a thesaurus if needed, they help) and let your imagination get the best of you. You will be surprised what a little bit of word jumbling will get you. Sounds corny, like something grandma would do, but the best business minds do similar things, they just pay people to do it for them. Some things will obviously not fit, but they might spark your mind for something that might. There's a good bit of a 4 year/$200k marketing degree in 3 paragraphs.

(not trying to offend anyone, just looking at it from a business perspective)

 

Accurate Fabrication & Welding

This will alpha sort several different ways when people do a Yellow Pages look up online and it tells them what you do.

 

i like what jonny said... listen to him... hhahah

 

Yeah, Jonny has some good points, nice work!

 

Thanks a ton everyone for all the suggestions, I appreciate all the help! I really like all the ideas so far and hopefully this weekend I'll decide what I'm gonna go with. Till then, feel free to keep throwing stuff out there for me.

 

Sometimes Backyard Bob does good work........A name means nothing if you cant back it up with your work.......B*llsh*t will only get you so far in these hard times, good work will make it last forever......

 

killer miller creations.... Ive always like when people just use a normal name. like "Daves fabrication" to me its like there putting there name on what they do and i would like to trust them..... but that's just me.. MILLER is a good name too because miller sounds like an industrial thing. I also live in Miller Place so that's probably why i like the name.