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00 / THE STORY
We make one thing
for the cars you've kept
since you were nine.
DCM·Works is a one-person studio making motorised display pads for 1:64 die-cast cars. One founder, one product line, and a position on the kind of objects adults should be allowed to keep on their desks.
Founded
2024 · From our garage
Team
1 founder
Products
One. The DriftPad.
Shipped to
27 countries
Pads on desks
4,800 +
01 / IN THE GARAGE, 2024
It started with one car
and a 3D printer.
I bought a 7-Eleven liveried Hot Wheels at a convenience store in 2019. It sat on a shelf for four years.
One weekend in March 2024 I designed a small, motorised parking-lot diorama to give it somewhere to live. Printed it on an FDM in the garage, soldered the motor myself, put it on my desk. Two friends asked for one. Then four of theirs. Then strangers.
Twenty months later, DCM·Works is still a one-person studio working out of the same garage, shipping one product properly: the DriftPad. Same idea, better materials, the same car still on the prototype unit by the door.
02 / FROM HERE TO HERE
Twenty months. Five milestones.
MAR 2024
Prototype #001
First diorama. 3D-printed. One motor. One car. One garage bench.
JUN 2024
First small run
30 pads, hand-finished. Sold out in 11 days via DMs.
NOV 2024
Built out the garage
Three benches, proper lighting, the CNC arrived.
APR 2025
DriftPad v2
Brushless motor, integrated lighting, the version still shipped.
MAY 2026
Series 01
Three editions. Proper packaging. The site you're reading.
03 / WHAT WE STAND FOR
Four positions. Not negotiable.
A
One product, done properly.
I could ship a stand, a tray, a case, a bigger pad, a smaller one. I won't. One object, refined every year, is the entire road map. The catalogue is the point.
B
Quiet is a feature.
If you can hear the motor on a Zoom call, I shipped a bad unit. Mechanical silence is harder than a quieter motor — it's bearings, mounts, harmonics, and a week of QA per batch. I pay for it.
C
Identity, not specification.
I don't talk about RPM or torque on the homepage. The DriftPad sells because of a feeling — the car you kept since you were nine, finally with somewhere to live. That feeling drives every decision after.
D
Make it last twelve years.
Twelve-month warranty is the floor, not the ceiling. Replaceable motors, replaceable mounts, replaceable lighting. I send a service kit; I don't send a new product.
04 / INSIDE THE GARAGE
THREE BENCHES, ONE CNC, TWO FDM PRINTERS, AND THE ESPRESSO MACHINE THAT BUILT THE COMPANY. DOOR OPEN MOST MORNINGS.
Bench 02 · Assembly
Bench 02 · Assembly
Bench 02 · Assembly
Each pad spends 38 minutes here. Motor seated, mounts indexed, lighting harness keyed.
QA · Listening bench
QA · Listening bench
QA · Listening bench
Every unit runs for 4 hours on a foam-isolated bench before it's boxed. I listen.
Packing · Series 01
Packing · Series 01
Packing · Series 01
Recycled molded pulp, no plastic. The car still goes on top for the photo.
05 / WHO MAKES THEM
One person.Every pad.
DCM·Works is a one-person studio. The founder designs, prototypes, assembles, QAs, packs and answers your email. The benches are in the garage; the email comes back inside a day.
That's deliberate. As long as one pair of hands can finish every unit, every unit gets finished the same way.
DESIGNS
EVERY PART OF THE PAD
BUILDS
EVERY UNIT, BY HAND
REPLIES
INSIDE 24 HOURS
06 / QUIETLY STATED
4,800+
DRIFTPADS ON DESK
27
COUNTRIES SHIPPED TO
4 hr
QA LISTENING TIME PER UNIT
4.9 / 5
AVERAGE OWNER RATING
07 / A NOTE
"I sell one thing on purpose. The catalogue is the answer to a question — what is the most respectful piece of furniture you can build for a piece of plastic you bought when you were nine? — and the answer is one object, made well, and nothing else next to it."
— THE FOUNDER · DCM·WORKS
AS SEEN IN
HYPEBEAST
HIGHSNOBIETY
HOT WHEELS MAG
DESK SETUPS
JDM TIMES
08 / SEE THE COLLECTION
We've talked enough.
Have a look.