An AI partner that knows machining.
For the thinking and writing behind every part.
Built around your machines, your tooling, your way of doing things.
The hardest parts of CNC aren't always at the spindle.
It's the knowledge work — all the thinking and writing that surrounds the machining. It takes years to get good at, and every new job, material, or machine brings something you haven't seen before.
Process engineering
- DFM reviews
- Order of operations
- Feeds and speeds
- Tooling choices
- Troubleshooting quality issues
Documentation
- Setup sheets anyone can follow
- Tip sheets that capture tribal knowledge
- Emails to engineers explaining what's actually possible
Research
- Hunting for answers scattered across manuals, forums, and notebooks
- Knowledge locked in the heads of people who might not be here next year
So you spend time double-checking, hunting for answers, second-guessing yourself — and mistakes still make it to the machine. Miscommunications. Schedule slips. The cost of not having what you need, when you need it.
That's why we built Swarf.
Bring what you've got — a drawing, a problem, a half-formed idea. Think it through with a partner who knows machining and knows your shop.
Walk away with something you can use: a machining plan, a setup sheet, an answer you trust.
No more hunting. No more second-guessing.
How the CNC community is using Swarf
Analyzing Documents
Bring a drawing, a photo, a spec sheet. Swarf looks it over and tells you what to watch out for — the gotchas, the trouble spots, the things worth double-checking.
Navigating Shop Resources
Your machines. Your manuals. Your way of doing things. Add them once, and Swarf knows your shop — so the answers aren't generic, they're yours.
Capturing Tribal Knowledge
That thing you just figured out? Turn it into a tip sheet, a setup doc, a lesson for the next guy. Capture it while it's fresh — before it walks out the door.
Built by people who've done this work.
The team behind Swarf has nearly 100 years of combined experience in CNC — machinists, programmers, and engineers. We built this because we've lived the problems it solves.
And we're not building it alone. We're building it with the community — with people like you.
Help us build it.
We're in beta, working closely with shops to get this right — and we're looking for partners to help shape what comes next.