Features

Built by machinists, for machinists — powered by AI

🖨️ Setup Sheet
⚙️ Work Instructions
🔩 Tool Library
📋 SOP Module
🌐 Machining Glossary
🔒 Repository
🔧 Built by machinists, for machinists — powered by AI 🤖

OnSet Shop Control is a comprehensive machining knowledge system — the first of its kind — that captures, organizes, and transfers the accumulated knowledge of CNC machining in a single platform. The Setup Sheet, Work Instructions, Tool Library, SOP Module, and Machining Glossary are the delivery mechanisms. The product is the knowledge itself — nearly 75 years of CNC history, from MIT 1952 to the AI-assisted shop floor of today, distilled into a system built for the people who actually make things. Every term in the Glossary, every SOP in the library, every setup sheet on the floor represents knowledge that previously lived only in the heads of experienced machinists — and disappeared when they retired. OnSet changes that. Built by machinists, for machinists — powered by AI.

Setup Sheet

15+ Sub-Pages Per Record

📋 Setup Sheet
  • Auto-numbered 5-digit record ID
  • Customer, Part#, Rev, Machine, Program, Operation, Process
  • Part photo in every print header
  • 1–4 turret sections — custom labels
  • Per-tool Notes column
  • Tool ID tab-out auto-fill from Tool Library
  • Always-on Programmer Footer
  • GD&T toolbar with Feature Control Frame builder
🔧 Tool Crib Build Sheet
  • Auto-assembled from all turret sections
  • OOH, holder, extension, perishable P/N fields
  • Tool ID links to Tool Library
  • Duplicate tools automatically removed from build list
  • T-number truncated for clean display (T236/H236 → T236)
  • Editable crib fields independent of Setup Sheet
  • Secondary tool rows auto-synced from primary
📝 Work Instructions
  • Setup, Operation, Inspection instruction tabs
  • Photo per instruction type
  • AI Wordsmith refines programmer shorthand into professional instructions
  • Live SOP and Glossary term hyperlinks — hover to preview, click to navigate
  • Character count display
📋 Instruction Text Pages
  • Dedicated Setup, Operation, Inspection pages
  • Server-side paginated print — overflow creates continuation pages
  • Character-aware line wrapping
  • Same output from own page or Print All
📸 Picture Pages
  • Full-page Setup, Operation, Inspection picture pages
  • Setup Sketch page for drawings
  • Photos stored server-side — survive system changes
✨ User-Created Pages
  • Additional Info: photo + notes — up to 10 named pages
  • Additional Instructions: unlimited text pages
  • Name each page anything you want
  • Auto-paginate on overflow in print
  • Appear in print page selection
📊 Inspection Sheets
  • First Piece Acceptance Inspection (FPAI)
  • In-Process Inspection sheet
  • GD&T Feature Control Frame rendering in print
  • Item #, BP location, dimension, tolerance, actual, gage, serial
  • Minimum 25 rows padded for professional output
🗂 Repository
  • Shop floor read-only view — all records browsable
  • Click any record to view full Setup Sheet inline
  • Print any record directly from Repository
  • OnSet branding on Repository view pages
  • Customer logo on all print output
Tool Library

11 Component Sub-Libraries

🔩 Component Libraries
  • Holders, Extensions, Cutter Bodies
  • Inserts, Endmills, Drills, Taps
  • Mill Cutters, Boring Heads, Slides, Cartridges
  • Each with ID, Description, P/N, Manufacturer
  • 16 pre-seeded manufacturers
🛠 Tool Assembly Records
  • Tool photo (server-stored)
  • All sub-components linked from libraries
  • OOH, Gage Length, Diameter, Shank
  • Auto-fill into Setup Sheet Tool List on tab-out
  • Perishable P/N flows to Setup Sheet display
🖨 Tool Assembly Print
  • Professional landscape print sheet
  • Tool photo + specifications panel
  • Full sub-component table with P/Ns
  • Customer logo on print banner
SOP Module

Standard Operating Procedures — Powered by AI

🧠 AI SOP Generation
  • Describe the operation — AI writes the full SOP draft
  • Safety items, required tools, step-by-step with verify fields
  • AI approval signatures and revision tracking
  • Edit, refine, approve — AI gives you the starting point
🌐 9-Language AI Translation
  • One-click translation of the full SOP
  • Real shop context — meaning-for-meaning, not word-for-word
  • Editable for regional dialect and shop terminology
  • Stale indicator when source SOP is updated
  • Print-ready translated PDF output
📄 SOP Records
  • Category-prefixed SOP IDs (SOP-SETUP-001, SOP-MILL-003)
  • Draft / Active / Archived status
  • Purpose, safety items, tools, steps with verify fields
  • Written by / Reviewed by / Approved by
  • Related SOP linking
🔗 Live SOP Rollovers
  • SOPs embedded as hyperlinks in Work Instructions
  • Hover to preview the full SOP in a floating panel
  • Click to navigate directly to the SOP record
  • Active in SOP view pages and across the system
Machining Glossary

Industry Knowledge — Built by AI, Owned by Your Shop

🧠 AI-Built Terms
  • 295 seed terms ship with the product
  • AI suggests new terms from your SOP content
  • Glossary terms literally build themselves with AI
  • Approve, edit, or reject AI suggestions
🌐 9-Language Translation
  • Translate any term with one click
  • Shop context preserved — not generic dictionary translation
  • Stale indicator when source term is updated
  • Supports multilingual shop floor teams
📖 Term Records
  • 11 categories — GD&T, CNC Programming, Tooling, and more
  • Standard definition, abbreviation, shop variants
  • Origin field — etymology and trade history
  • Shop notes — practical floor guidance
  • Related terms and disambiguation
🔗 Live Glossary Rollovers
  • Glossary terms highlighted throughout the system
  • Hover to preview definition in a floating panel
  • Active in Work Instructions, SOP view, and Glossary module
  • No navigation required — knowledge at the point of need
AI Features

The AI-Assisted Shop Floor

✍️ AI Wordsmith
  • Takes programmer shorthand — "face mill top .010 leave for grind"
  • Refines into clear, professional, imperative-voice instructions
  • Zero technical detail changed — only the language improves
  • Works directly inside Work Instructions
📐 GD&T Toolbar & FCF Builder
  • Full GD&T symbol toolbar on FPAI and In-Process sheets
  • Feature Control Frame builder modal
  • FCF renders as bordered frame in both on-screen and print
  • Stored as pipe-delimited plain text — fully portable
🏭 7 AI Providers
  • Claude, ChatGPT, Grok, Gemini, Mistral
  • Ollama — run AI completely locally on your network
  • Custom endpoint support
  • Switch providers anytime in Admin settings
System

Built for the Shop Floor

⚡ Navigation
  • Esc key returns to Setup Sheet from any sub-page
  • Enter key advances to next cell in grids
  • Arrow keys navigate component lists
  • All four modules open automatically on launch
🖨 Print System
  • Server-rendered output — not a browser screenshot
  • Page selection modal — print exactly what you need
  • Continuation pages for overflow text
  • Customer logo on every print page
  • All 15+ pages routed through print assembler
  • Repository print uses same assembler
💾 Data & Storage
  • SQLite database — single file backup per module
  • All photos stored server-side — never in the browser
  • Runs on your local network — completely offline
  • No cloud dependency — everything stays in your shop
🏢 Customer Branding
  • Upload your logo in Admin — one step, no coding
  • Your logo on every printed document instantly
  • OnSet branding stays on browser pages
  • PNG transparency preserved — no black background
  • JPG, PNG, GIF, WebP all supported