fund the lab

This is what a repair bench's budget built.

Every product on this site. The software. The shop itself. Designed and built self-funded, in Longmont, Colorado. Here is the honest account: what almost no money produced, and what real money unlocks.

fund the lab

Back the bench that builds its own everything.

A repair shop in Longmont, Colorado that designs its own hardware, writes its own software, and fixes your stuff. $5,000 equips it for real: every item named, every dollar traceable. Any amount, from $1.

$0 of $5,000 Totals as of 2026-10-04

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already built

The flex, with receipts.

No investors. No funding rounds. A repair bench's budget and a lot of late nights. Already standing:

A repair shop that actually runs. Intake, tickets, scheduling, customer updates, six days a week.
Three hardware lines in development. The Stream, Wall-i, and the Bench, all designed at the bench and rendered from real CAD.
Software that's live today. StreamNest, the kidsafe streaming platform, plus the AudiophileGPT answer engine and Listening Report.
The machine that builds the machine. A documented design system, an open workshop habit, and a small AI crew that does the grind work.

what money unlocks

The plan, said out loud.

None of this is a promise with a date on it. It's the plan, in order, as we see it today:

First articles of the hardware lines. Real, built, measured prototypes of the Stream, Wall-i, and the Bench.
The tools to make them real. Test gear, fabrication partners, and the equipment a repair bench cannot quite afford yet.
More software. The push to make ours the one you'd choose over the closed, subscription alternatives.

These are aims. Money makes them possible. It does not make them instant, and we'll say so the whole way.

three doors

Three doors. All of them honest.

Back the bench at any amount, claim a founding-builder spot on a hardware lane, or buy repair credit with bonus built in. Every dollar on this page buys a specific, named thing.

why our own checkout

Stripe handles the card, the same checkout the repair shop already runs. We never see and never save your card number, and every dollar minus the standard card fee lands on the bench. No platform sits between you and the work. We know exactly who backed which line, so we can give back when we can, founding rewards the Kickstarter way. And like everything else at Tomasetti Tech, we built the backing system ourselves.

"I'm a businessman at heart. I just hate the way the electronics business is run, so I built a shop that runs the other way." Tj

$0 of $5,000 Totals as of 2026-10-04

Counted against the $5,000 goal

$3,900 funds every item on the list below. The last $1,100 is the parts float that keeps repairs moving while the tools arrive.

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Any amount, from $1. Keep it simple, or pick a lane below.

What happens next

Tonesetti Stream design render, cute face: light silver faceplate, chunky dark knob, a wave of purple dots across the display, three candy buttons, and the glowing amber tube-window dot — design renders · the Stream's two faces, bright and dark · not product photos

the receipts

Already built. Already working.

Screenshot of the repair queue in the shop CRM — the repair queue

Screenshot of the front desk translator — the counter translator

Screenshot of the desk dashboard — the desk dashboard

Screenshot of Setti, the shop's phone AI — Setti, the phone AI

Screenshot of shop checkout running on a tablet — checkout on a tablet

This software runs the shop today, written at this bench. The next tools get built the same way.

the ladder

The shopping list, with prices.

Every rung is a real item at a real price, named before a dollar arrives. It is the order the bench buys things in.

The workshop side: $2,850 makes the bench fully equipped.

Tj working on a vintage unit on the bench — the bench the rungs upgrade · real photo · August 2026

$500 Bench basics The workbench itself, the daily comfort set, and battery backup so a power blink never drops a ticket.

$120 The workbench A YUKON 48-inch workbench with a light over it, $119.99. The one the wishlist has starred since forever.
$170 The daily comfort set The bench chair that's missing right now, plus the fume extractor, the FixMat, and a set of helping hands. The parts of the day you stop noticing because they finally work.
$210 The UPS Battery backup for mini2, the box that runs the shop. When the power blinks, the tickets don't.

$650 The 3D print station A Bambu P1S Combo with the AMS multicolor feeder: the machine that prints its own cases.

$650 The 3D print station A Bambu Lab P1S Combo with the AMS multicolor feeder: $549 for the machine, about $80 of starter filament, $650 all in. Enclosed, multicolor, repairable, every spare part sold officially, two year warranty. The machine that prints its own cases and half the product lines' parts.

$950 Test gear The parts rack with scanner inventory, the oscilloscope, and the boom microscope.

$250 The parts rack and inventory kit A parts rack and a 2D scanner inventory setup, so every screw and board has a bin, a label, and a count.
$400 The oscilloscope A used oscilloscope, $200 to $400 on the used market. The instrument that sees what a meter can't.
$300 The boom scope A used stereo boom microscope, the upgrade the bench has wanted since the handheld magnifier. Both hands free, board under real optics.

$300 The real server A used enterprise tower so the shop's systems stop sharing one tired Mac mini.

$300 The real server A used enterprise tower, the few-hundred-dollar kind that outlives us all. The CRM, the books, the phone system, and these pages stop sharing one tired Mac mini.

$450 Manufacturing The reflow oven and the SMD assembly set: first-article boards become a bench process.

$300 The board oven A reflow oven for the SMD lane. First-article boards get baked on a real profile instead of chased around with hot air.
$150 The SMD assembly set Preheat plate, stencils, paste, and the hand tools that make first-article assembly a bench process instead of a scramble.

Workshop side total: about $2,850

The hardware side: $1,050 gets every lane its first article.

Audio$500

The Stream, the hi-fi line designed at this bench. Your gift buys its first article: the first real, built, measurable circuit board.

$0 raised

Remote$250

The remote-control line. First article: fabrication, parts, and printed pieces for the first working unit.

$0 raised

Hometech$300 (estimate)

Wall-i, the in-wall assistant. First article, at a $300 estimate until its own build sheet exists.

$0 raised

Future projectsany amount

The open lane. Next hardware line, the tone box, the software push. Money lands where it's needed when the next thing is picked.

$0 raised

Simple doors

Any amount, or repair credit.

The simple doors first. Any amount backs the whole bench, from $1 up, and repairs money goes straight to the repair side. Locals can buy repair credit ahead of time with bonus built in: the day your laptop dies, the money is already down, and then some.

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$50 gives $60

No expiration

$50 buys $60 of repair credit.

$50 of credit for $50

$100 gives $125

No expiration

$100 buys $125.

$100 of credit for $100

Redemption: show the receipt email at the shop, and the credit lands on your repair ticket.

Founding builders

Or back a hardware line.

Four lines, each with founding tiers at $50, $150, and $250. Hometech and remote tiers are whole units from the first run. Audio and future tiers are founding credit toward the first article. The $250 tier puts your name in the first run's silkscreen, twenty slots per lane, and each lane's tiers close for good when its first-run boards go to fab. Open a lane for its renders and tiers.

Audio (Tonesetti)$500 first articlefounding credit tiers $50 / $150 / $250 · renders inside

Audio

$500

The Stream is a streaming preamp, the hi-fi line designed at this bench, and our first hardware line. Bright colorways and dark ones, same box either way: the bright faces wear the whimsy out loud, the dark ones hide it behind one thin line. The four knobs are press-fit and named, ORBIT, WAVY, FACET, GHOST, and they swap with no tools, because the knob is yours, not the factory's. The bottom plate comes off like a service tray, because we are also the people who would be fixing it.

$0 raised toward the first article

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Founding builder tiers

$50 / $150 / $250

$50

First Signal

Founding credit toward the first Stream unit, whenever it exists, plus a founding-builder spot on the audio lane.

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$150

Reference Build

Founding credit toward the first Stream, and your spot locked in ahead of the first fab run.

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$250

Your name in the first run's silkscreen 20 slots

Name on the Board

Founding credit toward the first Stream, your name silkscreened onto the first production run of boards, and first pick when the line ships. Twenty spots, and this is the one the boards remember.

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Remote$250 first articlewhole-unit tiers $50 / $150 / $250 · spec stage, no renders yet

Remote

$250

The remote line answers a wound: Logitech killed the Harmony remote in 2021, used ones trade at $150 to $300, and everything else is either $15 mush or cloud-tethered. This one is the last remote you buy, because it is the first one built to be fixed: one board, printed shells, and every part a customer might replace socketed, so a worn button is a ten cent part. Two AAA batteries from any gas station, and no app, no account, no cloud: it learns by watching your old remote. And every customer remote the repair bench captures grows the code database the product ships with.

$0 raised toward the first article

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The remote line is at spec stage: no renders and no product page yet.

Founding builder tiers

$50 / $150 / $250

$50

First Handshake

A whole unit: the simple one, IR for the classics, buttons that feel like something. Founding price, founding spot.

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$150

Closed Loop

A whole unit: the midtier, Bluetooth and voice on the same board as the flagship. Founding price, locked ahead of the first run.

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$250

Your name in the first run's silkscreen 20 slots

Name on the Board

The flagship with the screen, the Harmony-shaped answer, at founding price. When the line's funding allows it, yours gets upgraded to the later revision free. Twenty spots, your name on the first run.

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Hometech (Wall-i)$300 first article (estimate)whole-unit tiers $50 / $150 / $250 · renders inside

Wall-i Character design render, three-quarter view: violet body with a dark sole, an LED brow over a round dark eye — design renders · Character, Ghost by day, Ghost at night · not product photos

Wall-i Ghost design render by day: a slim dark slab on the wall, nearly invisible against it — design renders · Character, Ghost by day, Ghost at night · not product photos

Hometech

$300 (estimate)

Wall-i is an in-wall line with a choice built in: Character sits on a shelf and has a face, Ghost hangs on the wall and disappears into it. Same brain in both, and you pick how it lives in your house. Ghost reads as architecture by day, and when the room goes dark its eye rings violet over a low line of light along its base. Nothing on it is glued shut: faceplate, board, cell, shell, backplate, screws, it all comes apart for repair. It is designed low voltage, nothing touches mains, the same safety doctrine the repair side lives by. Its first article is a $300 estimate until the line's own build sheet exists, and when that sheet is done, the number and this page both tell the truth.

$0 raised toward the first article

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Founding builder tiers

$50 / $150 / $250

$50

Quiet Start

A whole unit from the Wall-i line's first run: the entry unit, founding price, founding spot.

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$150

Flush Mount

A whole unit: the mid unit of the line, founding price, locked ahead of the first run.

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$250

Your name in the first run's silkscreen 20 slots

Name on the Board

The flagship unit, your pick of Character or Ghost, at founding price. When the line's funding allows it, yours gets upgraded to the later revision free. Twenty spots, your name on the first run.

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Future projectsany amountfounding credit tiers $50 / $150 / $250

Future projects

any amount

The future lane is the open one: money that lands where it is needed when the next thing gets picked. What is already on the drawing board: the tone box named in the funding plan, and the Tonesetti Bench, a desktop test instrument for audio that generates a signal, routes it, and shows you what your gear does with it. There is also the software push: the shop's booking system, phone assistant, and ticket paperwork are built in house, and the same bench ships StreamNest, the kidsafe streaming platform that is live today. Nothing in this lane is a promise: it is a pool with a name on it, and when the next thing is picked, this page says so.

$0 raised, any amount welcome

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Founding builder tiers

$50 / $150 / $250

$50

First Draft

Founding credit toward the next line's first article, wherever the open lane points.

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$150

Open Lane

Founding credit toward the next line's first article, spot locked in first.

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$250

Your name in the first run's silkscreen 20 slots

Name on the Next Board

Founding credit plus your name on whatever the next line's first run turns out to be. Twenty spots.

Back this tier Sold out

can't give money?

Give stuff.

The bench runs on rescued gear. Working or broken electronics, test equipment, tools, cables, components: if it might live again, we can use it. Email a photo to repair@tomasetti.shop or bring it by the shop. Gear donors land on the wall the same as money donors do. Right now the bench would especially love: test gear, a reflow oven, a retired but working server.

past the goal

A door on a street.

Customers keep coming, and the bench keeps up. The thing the shop actually lacks is size: a counter you can walk up to, a window with the work in it, a sign over a door in Longmont. Past the $5,000 goal, the overflow fund has one name: the first Tomasetti Tech storefront. The number gets said when we have shopped the street for real. That is the dream this whole page is walking toward.

the fun prints

The knobs have names.

ORBIT, WAVY, FACET, GHOST. Four press-fit knobs, drawn at this bench, printed on the shop's own machine someday soon. Every board we make carries a doodle in the copper. It is house law: serious work, not serious faces.

ORBIT knob design: a ring of orbiting dots around a dark cap

WAVY knob design: a wave line cut across the cap

FACET knob design: a gem-faceted cap catching light

GHOST knob design: a small ghost face peeking from the cap

The shop wall after hours — the wall never clocks out

the wall

The donor wall

Backers are listed by first name and last initial, like a plaque in a shop that knows its people. Say the word and you're off the wall entirely: opt-out is honored, no questions asked.

First names land here once the first gifts clear.

The first version of the wall is built by hand from receipts, updated alongside the totals.

questions

Questions, answered honestly.

The answers, in plain terms.

Is my gift tax deductible?

No. This is not a charity and not a nonprofit. Tomasetti Tech is a for-profit business being backed by people who like what it does. Treat it like buying a friend's album, not like a donation receipt.

Where does my money actually go?

Into the lane you pick, toward the named rungs on the ladder. $120 is the workbench. $650 is the printer. $500 is the Stream's first board. Totals and lane splits update right on the page, dated to the latest count, and the bench log says what got bought.

What if a thing never gets built?

Then your backing converts. Hardware credit becomes repair credit at the shop, at the amount you gave, and repair credit never expires. Anything outside that, contact the shop and we'll sort it out like people.

Does repair credit expire?

No. No expiration. Ever. The credit does not lapse while you wait for your device to break.

What is the silkscreen name perk?

At the $250 founding-builder tier your name is printed in the silkscreen of that lane's first production run. 20 slots per lane, and the tier closes when the boards go to fab.

Are these photos of real products?

No. Every image marked design render on this page comes from our own CAD, drawn at this bench. They are what the lines are designed to be. Nothing has been ordered yet, and the page says so everywhere it matters.

What is a first article?

The first real, built, measurable unit: boards fabricated, parts soldered, measured on the bench. A render becomes a product the day its first article works.

Why build your own everything?

Because the answer to "nobody makes the good one anymore" is to make it. Every line on this page started as an annoyance at a repair bench: a remote that dies unfixable, an in-wall gadget glued shut, test gear that buries the number you need. We fix things for a living, so we design things that can be fixed. The shop is the first customer for its own tools.

Can I visit the shop?

The shop is real and public in Longmont, Colorado. Repair credit redemption is one email, and the shop page at repair.tomasetti.shop carries the hours and the door. If you are backing the bench and you are local, come drop off something broken and say hi.

the ask

The bench does a lot with almost nothing. Here is the plan for more.

Every dollar on this page has a named destination, and every dollar is traceable: Stripe tells us who gave, and the supporters get first look at what their money built.

Can't give right now? The list still helps.