Veteran-owned. Navy nuclear engineer trained. Years on the road as a robotic field service engineer. Geek Squad seasoned. Built around the belief that fixing things beats replacing them.
Wicked Fab Fab grew out of a habit, not a business plan. The habit: opening things up to see how they work, fixing them when they break, and building the part nobody makes anymore from scratch. Years of that, professionally and as a hobby, eventually turned into a shop.
The professional path started in the U.S. Navy nuclear program — some of the most demanding electrical, mechanical, and machining training in the country, on systems where "good enough" isn't.
From there, many years on the road as a robotic field service engineer — installing, repairing, and upgrading medical laboratory robots in clinical labs around the world. That kind of work doesn't tolerate guesswork. The robots had to come back online, and they had to come back online right. The diagnostic instincts, the calm under deadline, and the cross-discipline thinking that came out of those years are still the operating manual for this shop.
Years at the Geek Squad followed — a different scale and a different kind of customer, but the same core skill of telling people the truth about their gear instead of upselling them. FAA-licensed drone pilot picked up along the way. Welding, laser, powder coat, and home automation followed because the projects demanded them.
The hobby side never really stopped. This isn't a job — it's our passion. The favorite work is still the weird stuff: the one-off repair, the obscure piece of equipment nobody knows how to fix, the project somebody else gave up on. That's the work the shop is built around.
If you bought it, you should be able to fix it — or pay someone else to fix it — without manufacturer permission. The opposite of that idea is the throwaway economy, and we've seen enough of where that road leads.
Most things people throw out are 20 minutes and $5 in parts away from working better than new. We'd rather help you do that than sell you the next thing.
If a repair makes sense, we say so and quote it. If it doesn't make sense, we tell you why and recommend a different path — even if that path doesn't include hiring us.
People who understand how things work, fix what's broken, build what doesn't exist yet, and teach the next person to do the same. The world needs more of that, not less.
The robotics work isn't a thing of the past — it's part of the road ahead. Industrial and lab robots have been the bread and butter for years, and we're already servicing the new wave of service, delivery, and consumer robots arriving now. As that fleet grows, we grow with it. The skills are the same. The robots just get more interesting.
If you have a robot — lab, industrial, hobby, or commercial — that needs repair, calibration, or upgrades, we'd love to help. Learn more about our robot repair work →
Heroes and students, always. Military, first responders, teachers, and currently-enrolled students all get a discount on labor. Just mention it when you reach out — no documentation song-and-dance required for small jobs.