Defense and Aerospace Contract Manufacturer
Send the drawing. We make the part.
CNC machining, metal fabrication, welding, and electro-mechanical assembly in North Charleston, South Carolina. One shop, one schedule, one team accountable for the finished part. Family-run and veteran-owned since 1986.
A person answers. Have the drawing ready.
Certified and Registered
What We Do
One shop. The whole job.
Leatherwood machines, forms, welds, assembles, and inspects in one 42,600 square foot facility. We do not subcontract core work. Raw stock comes in, finished and inspected parts go out, and one team is accountable for everything in between.
From a single tight-tolerance component to a production run of assemblies, we have the equipment, the certifications, and the people to do the job. A full equipment list is available on request.
Capacity
The shop you are sending it to.
The shop behind the quote matters more than any machine list. Here is ours.
The quality system
AS9100 Rev D and ISO 9001:2015, audited by an independent registrar. First article, in-process, and final inspection, with documentation on every job. The checks run the same whether anyone is watching or not.
The crew
Forty years of parts made at the same address by people who stayed. Machinists, welders, and inspectors here measure their time in decades. The hands that held your tolerances in 1996 still hold them today.
The response
Call and a person answers. Someone who knows the work reads your drawing, tells you whether the job fits, and tells you what we need to quote it. Customers have reordered tooling and parts here by number for decades.
The room
42,600 square feet with open capacity, and a company investing in more. When your program grows, we have room to grow with it.
42,600
Square feet
1986
Founded February 1
One roof
Machine, fab, assemble, inspect
(843) 744-4500 starts the job
Certifications and Registrations
Verify us.
Defense and aerospace customers check their suppliers. Everything on this page is current and holds up to a verification pass. We provide certificates for supplier qualification packages on request.
AS9100 Rev D
Aerospace quality management system · Registrar: NSF-ISR
The quality standard for aviation, space, and defense. Every process in the facility is documented, controlled, and audited by an independent registrar.
ISO 9001:2015
Quality management system · Registrar: NSF-ISR
The foundation AS9100 builds on. Leatherwood first certified to ISO 9000 in 1994 and has run a certified quality system since.
ITAR Registered
U.S. State Department (DDTC)
Registered with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. We hold and handle ITAR-controlled drawings, technical data, and material.
Veteran-Owned
Founded by a U.S. Air Force veteran
Mike Leatherwood served in the United States Air Force before founding the company in 1986. The company is family-run and veteran-owned today.
What to Expect
What happens when you call.
01
We review your inquiry
Someone who knows the work, not a sales rep, reads your request and decides whether we are a fit.
02
We respond honestly
If we can do the job, we say so and tell you what we need to quote it. If we cannot, we say that too.
03
We move quickly
We do not hold quotes for days. With the information in hand, we turn a preliminary response in one business day.
Since 1986
Built by hand.
Mike Leatherwood served in the United States Air Force, then spent years building tooling and parts for aircraft. On February 1, 1986, he founded this company in North Charleston and built it with his family. The signature in our logo is his own hand.
Forty years later, Leatherwood is a veteran-owned family business at the same address, still answering the phone and still making parts to print.
An Old Saying in the Trades
He who works with his hands is a laborer.
He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.
He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.
Dwg No.
LMI-0001
Material
Hands, head, heart
Scale
Full
Finish
To print
Contact
Call us with the drawing ready.
The fastest way to reach us is by phone. Have the part or the drawing in front of you and we will tell you whether it is a fit and what we need to quote it.
(843) 744-4500Fax
(843) 744-8048