The Workshop
One Gremlin. One Forge. Endless Weird Ideas.
Nix Guide To is a one-person maker workshop operating out of Oshawa, Ontario. Everything here is designed, printed, assembled, and shipped by hand — by Nix.
Origin Story
How the Forge Got Started
It started the way most good things do: with a problem that didn't have a good solution. Nix needed a specific part for a LARP prop — something that didn't exist in any store, at any price, in any reasonable timeline. So the forge fired up.
What began as a single print job turned into a workshop. The 3D printer ran overnight. The workbench got crowded. The ideas got weirder. And somewhere between the functional brackets and the fantasy weapons, Nix Guide To became a real thing.
Today the workshop produces high-performance 3D-printed goods, unique hardware accents, and craft supplies for makers, tabletop gamers, LARPers, and DIYers who want something that actually works — and looks like it was made with intention.
The Oshawa Forge
Where the weird ideas become real things
Workshop Mascot
Meet Nix
The Workshop Gremlin
Nix is the workshop mascot, the quality inspector, and the reason every product gets stress-tested before it ships. Legend has it Nix was found in the parts bin sometime around the first big print run and has refused to leave since.
Nix's job is to find the problems before the customers do. If something survives Nix's inspection — which involves being dropped, bent, sat on, and occasionally argued with — it's ready to ship.
Nix does not have opinions about deadlines. Nix has opinions about quality. These are not always compatible, but the products are better for it.
What We Stand For
The Maker Philosophy
Industrial Grit
Things should work. Not just look like they work. Every piece that leaves this workshop has been tested, iterated, and built to last beyond the first use.
Creative Whimsy
Function doesn't have to be boring. The best builds solve a real problem and make you smile when you look at them. That's the target.
Made by Hand
No dropshipping. No reselling. Every item is designed, printed, and assembled in the Oshawa workshop. You're buying something someone actually made.
Community First
The maker, LARP, and tabletop communities are the reason this workshop exists. Nix builds for the people who build worlds.
Built in Oshawa, Ontario
The workshop is based in Oshawa, Ontario — a city with deep roots in making things. It feels like the right place to run a forge. Everything ships from here, across Canada and internationally, packed by hand and sent with the kind of care that comes from knowing exactly what went into making it.