u/Efficient-Treacle484

A few weeks ago I finally stopped overthinking it and started my own mechanical engineering consulting business.

I did everything people tell you to do. Registered the business, bought the domain, built a website, got a professional email, polished my LinkedIn… the whole thing.
Now I’m staring at my inbox waiting for clients that obviously aren’t going to magically appear.

For some background, I’m a mechanical engineer working full-time in product design. My company focuses on CAD, product development, FEA, CFD, engineering calculations, prototyping, and manufacturing drawings. I’m confident I can do the engineering work. Selling it is what I know nothing about.

I’ve tried Upwork and Fiverr with basically zero results. Right now I’m putting together a cold email campaign because I honestly don’t know what else to do.

For those of you who have actually built a consulting business, what got you your first few clients?
Was it cold outreach? Networking? LinkedIn? Referrals? Knocking on doors? Something completely different?
If you were starting from zero today, what would you spend the next 30 days doing?

I’m not looking for some magic trick. I know this takes time. I just don’t want to spend the next six months doing things that never had a chance of working in the first place.

I’d really appreciate hearing from people who’ve actually been through it.

A few weeks ago I finally stopped overthinking it and started my own mechanical engineering consulting business.

I did everything people tell you to do. Registered the business, bought the domain, built a website, got a professional email, polished my LinkedIn… the whole thing.
Now I’m staring at my inbox waiting for clients that obviously aren’t going to magically appear.

For some background, I’m a mechanical engineer working full-time in product design. My company focuses on CAD, product development, FEA, CFD, engineering calculations, prototyping, and manufacturing drawings. I’m confident I can do the engineering work. Selling it is what I know nothing about.

I’ve tried Upwork and Fiverr with basically zero results. Right now I’m putting together a cold email campaign because I honestly don’t know what else to do.

For those of you who have actually built a consulting business, what got you your first few clients?
Was it cold outreach? Networking? LinkedIn? Referrals? Knocking on doors? Something completely different?

If you were starting from zero today, what would you spend the next 30 days doing?
I’m not looking for some magic trick. I know this takes time. I just don’t want to spend the next six months doing things that never had a chance of working in the first place.

I’d really appreciate hearing from people who’ve actually been through it.

I’m honestly feeling a little stuck and could use some advice.

I’m a full-time mechanical engineer, and with a baby on the way I’m trying to bring in some extra income. I thought freelancing would be the answer, so I set up profiles on Upwork and Fiverr offering CAD design, SolidWorks modeling, 3D printing, and general mechanical engineering help… but I’ve had basically zero luck.

Right now I’m doing Uber Eats after work just to make some extra cash, but it’s frustrating because I know I have skills that should be worth something.

For those of you who have found a way to make extra money as a mechanical engineer, what are you doing? Freelancing? Consulting? Teaching? Selling designs? Something I haven’t thought of?

I’d really appreciate hearing what has actually worked for you. Thanks.

I’m honestly feeling a little stuck and could use some advice.

I’m a full-time mechanical engineer, and with a baby on the way I’m trying to bring in some extra income. I thought freelancing would be the answer, so I set up profiles on Upwork and Fiverr offering CAD design, SolidWorks modeling, 3D printing, and general mechanical engineering help… but I’ve had basically zero luck.

Right now I’m doing Uber Eats after work just to make some extra cash, but it’s frustrating because I know I have skills that should be worth something.

For those of you who have found a way to make extra money as a mechanical engineer, what are you doing? Freelancing? Consulting? Teaching? Selling designs? Something I haven’t thought of?

I’d really appreciate hearing what has actually worked for you. Thanks.

Hello!

I’m honestly feeling a little stuck and could use some advice.

I’m a full-time mechanical engineer, and with a baby on the way I’m trying to bring in some extra income. I thought freelancing would be the answer, so I set up profiles on Upwork and Fiverr offering CAD design, SolidWorks modeling, 3D printing, and general mechanical engineering help… but I’ve had basically zero luck.

Right now I’m doing Uber Eats after work just to make some extra cash, but it’s frustrating because I know I have skills that should be worth something.

For those of you who have found a way to make extra money as a mechanical engineer, what are you doing? Freelancing? Consulting? Teaching? Selling designs? Something I haven’t thought of?

I’d really appreciate hearing what has actually worked for you. Thanks.

Hello!

I’ve been trying to print TPU with the Elegoo CC2 through the Canvas, so far just failed miserably.

I know there’s a way to bypass Canvas, I’ve done it, it works. But I just refuse to do that every time I want to print TPU

I wanna now if any of you have been successful at printing TPU through Canvas and if you have… please guide me through it.

Thank you.

Hey there,

Trying to print TPU and my printer keeps stopping with a clog error, but there’s nothing actually jammed.

Feels like a settings issue. Anyone got a TPU setup that actually works on CC2?

Thanks.

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