Image credits

The photography on Made to Spec is used under open licences and desaturated and tinted to our blueprint palette. Adaptations of CC BY and CC BY-SA works are offered under the same licence as the original. Thanks to the photographers below.

• Homepage hero & For Shops
  Fadal CNC machines, Taylor Guitar Factory
  Marcin Wichary · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0
• Capability: Machining
  Rock Bug's Custom Scat Engine Plate
  Spidertrax Off-Road · Flickr · CC BY 2.0
• Capability: By Certification
  Dial Indicator Gauge
  Solaris2006 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
• Capability: Fabrication & Forming
  Person welding metal
  Public domain · Rawpixel · CC0 1.0
• Capability: Finishing & Coating
  Riveted and welded metal panel
  Public domain · Flickr Commons · CC0 1.0
• Sector: Aerospace
  Jet Turbine Blades
  ahisgett · Flickr · CC BY 2.0
• Sector: Defence
  Husky Protected Support Vehicle
  Defence Images · Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Sector: Oil & Gas
  Oil worker turning valve on oil rig
  EU-Ukraine cooperation · Flickr · CC BY-SA 2.0
• Sector: Medical
  Surgical Instruments
  AmazonCARES · Flickr · CC BY 2.0
• Sector: Mining
  Digger (FGS Plant Hire)
  Terinea IT Support · Flickr · CC BY 2.0
• Sector: Automotive
  Car engine components
  nenad53 · Flickr · CC BY 2.0
• Sector: Robotics & Automation
  Robotic arm machine in the lab
  Public domain · Rawpixel · CC0 1.0
• Sector: Construction
  Steel frame structure
  Wikideas1 · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0

Guide imagery

Each guide has its own banner image, from open-licence sources and tinted to the Made to Spec duotone.

• 304-vs-316-stainless-steel · Crevice corrosion of 316 SS tube and tube sheet in · Webcorr · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
• 316-vs-316l-stainless · F106A port maingear and well · wbaiv · flickr · by-sa
• 3d-printing-for-production · Printrbot simple Metal prints foot shape · Creative Tools · flickr · by
• 5052-vs-6061-aluminum · MARTI brackets comparison (50933072431) · Mitch Barrie from Reno, NV, USA · wikimedia · by-sa
• 6061-vs-7075-aluminum · Lingot aluminium · Romary · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.5
• aluminum-welding · Thermite residues (railway welding) · Bjornwireen · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
• anodizing-vs-powder-coating · Powder Coating Aluminium Extrusions · Euro Quality Coatings · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
• as9100-vs-iso-9001 · For the love of 'Connie'. · sneetchbeach · flickr · by
• black-oxide-coating · Leatherman Wave (EDC) · brian.ch · flickr · by
• brass-vs-bronze · Armored Vehicle Ammo, Helmet, Portola Valley · wbaiv · flickr · by-sa
• cnc-machining-cost · CNC_penplotter_hacked_1 · madeline.gannon · flickr · by
• cnc-tolerances-surface-finish-reference · Messschieber · ArtMechanic · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
• counterbore-vs-countersink · SPAX screw with cross recess Z drive · Unknown author · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
• data-residency-vs-data-sovereignty · Awaiting servers · bugeaters · flickr · by
• defence-procurement-in-canada · USS Wisconsin · dbking · flickr · by
• design-for-manufacturing-dfm · c. ebbert research · Mr Thinktank · flickr · by
• drill-and-tap-size-chart · 2010-01-21 Craftsman Professional cobalt dri · Ildar Sagdejev (Specious) · wikimedia · by-sa
• electroplating-guide · MMO anode · ECTran71 · wikimedia · by
• forging-vs-casting · Blacksmith Bellows · jurvetson · flickr · by
• gd-and-t-explained · Technical drawing instruments 2 · Wikimedia Commons · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
• how-to-choose-a-cnc-machine-shop · Conventional-lathe · Greudin at English Wikipedia · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
• injection-molding-cost-canada · 200 ton TRUEBLOOD Injection Molding Machine · Kitmondo.com · flickr · by
• laser-plasma-waterjet-cutting · People Man Arc Construction Cut Edited 2020 · chimpwithcan · flickr · by
• mig-vs-tig-welding-which-to-specify · TIG Weld low magnification · No machine-readable author provided. Dr. Crash~com · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
• mild-steel-vs-stainless-steel · Assorted bar stock · Alister 77 · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
• polycarbonate-vs-acrylic · Reverso de CD · Hispalois · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
• powder-coat-vs-hot-dip-galvanizing · free seamless galvanized steel texture, IT u · seier+seier · flickr · by
• powder-coating-cost-canada · Powder Coated Bicycle Parts · 802bikeguy · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
• powder-coating-vs-paint · Britain Builds Light Cars- the British Automobile · Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographe · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
• reshoring-to-canada-cusma-duties-freight · Libra Santos at Puerto Quetzal · wirralwater · flickr · by
• rohs-and-reach-compliance · electronic circuit board · Creativity103 · flickr · by
• types-of-welding · techshop_members_welding_project · TechShop · flickr · by
• welding-symbols-explained · WeldingLove · Lmaxwell2345 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
• what-is-anodizing · Cheap carabiners · User:Polyparadigm · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
• what-is-cnc-machining · Makino-S33-MachiningCenter-example · Glenn McKechnie · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• what-is-edm · Sodick AQ535L Wire-EDM Machine · NVT Technology Pte Ltd · flickr · by-sa
• what-is-investment-casting · Đông Sơn drum · xia.aike · flickr · by
• what-is-passivation · Instrument I · Hey Paul · flickr · by
• what-is-tool-and-die · Magnesium die casting dies · Swoolverton · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 3.0
• zinc-plating-vs-galvanizing · Corrosion - galvanized bolt · avgpetro · flickr · by-sa
• what-is-nadcap · Castings fresh from the heat treatment furnace · Goodwin Steel Castings · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
• inconel-625-vs-718 · Trent turbine blades · Michael32710 · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0