Engineering
Why Clients in Kenya Choose BAFA for Engineering and Fabrication
One workshop for cutting, machining, welding and finishing, quotes that explain themselves, and work you can inspect before you commit.
9 September 20263 min read
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Engineering
From Drawing to Finished Part: How a Job Moves Through BAFA
The full journey of a job at BAFA: what to send, how we review it, and how cutting, welding, finishing and delivery fit together.
9 September 20262 min read
Engineering
What Really Drives the Cost of Metal Fabrication in Kenya
Material, thickness, quantity, tolerance, finish and delivery: the six factors behind every fabrication quote, and how to compare fairly.
9 September 20262 min read
Engineering
Quality You Can Check: How BAFA Controls Tolerances and Welds
First-off measurement, cutting from file, controlled fit-up and welding sequence, and final inspection: how quality is actually enforced.
9 September 20262 min read
Engineering
Steel Carports, Canopies and Shade Structures in Kisii and Nyanza
Span, roofing, foundations and coating decisions for carports and canopies in Nyanza, plus how BAFA prefabricates and installs them.
9 September 20262 min read
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Custom Metal Fabrication in Kisii: Welding, Repairs and One-Off Builds
Some jobs have no catalogue number. Bring the problem instead of a part number and we will build the answer.
31 August 20266 min read
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Buy CNC-Ready 3D Designs in Kenya: DXF, DWG and STL Files You Can Cut Today
If you run your own plasma or router table, you do not need our workshop - you need clean files. Here is what you get.
28 August 20265 min read
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CNC Cut Metal Doors and Window Grilles in Nyanza: Security That Still Looks Good
Security and style are not a trade-off any more. CNC-cut doors and grilles carry the same pattern through a whole house.
25 August 20265 min read
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Decorative Steel Railings and Balustrades in Kenya: Safe, Beautiful and Made to Fit
Balcony, staircase or terrace: the same CNC-cut panels can secure an edge and still look like joinery, not prison bars.
22 August 20266 min read
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Custom Steel Gates in Kisii: How to Choose a Design, Size and Finish That Lasts
A gate is the first thing a visitor sees and the last thing a thief tests. Here is how to specify one properly.
19 August 20267 min read
Engineering
Sheet Metal Bending and Folding in Kisii: Getting Clean, Repeatable Folds
Bending is where a flat sheet becomes a product. Here is what affects the price, and the details that ruin a fold if nobody checks them.
16 August 20266 min read
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CNC Milling and Lathe Services in Kisumu and Nyanza: Precision Parts Without the Guesswork
Worn shaft, broken bush, one-off housing? Here is how our milling and turning work replaces the part instead of patching it.
13 August 20266 min read
Engineering
CNC Plasma Cutting Services in Kisii and Nyanza: What to Send, What You Get
Send a drawing, a photo or even a sketch on paper. Here is exactly how CNC plasma cutting works at our Kisii workshop, and what you receive at the end.
10 August 20266 min read
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