Put the maker in the story.
Original workshop photography and direct copy connect the precision of the machines to the person building them. The supplied Torus identity stays recognisable.
Torus CNC / Case studyRich builds grinders.
Rich builds grinders.
We built the store.
The machine, the maker and a clearer way to choose. A storefront rebuilt around the product and the person who makes it.
- Work
- Manufacturing + commerce
- Place
- Sterling, Illinois
Brandcore’s relationship with Torus began at the end of 2023. The work progressed from the original Wix storefront through Brandcore’s earlier commerce build to a faster current store, with product explanations, ForgeBrain knowledge and a connected back office.
Current store shown alongside retained earlier versions.
01 / The visible work
Move the line.
See the change.
Compare the actual websites. Choose a recorded phase, switch to the phone view, or open either capture at its original size.
Drag anywhere across the image or use the slider. With the slider focused, use arrow keys, Home or End. Phone captures retain vertical page scrolling.
November 2023 archive · Original Wix site
Reconstructed November 7, 2023 Wix homepage. Desktop captured at 1920px; the mobile reference uses the surviving October 2026 Wix implementation because historical mobile runtime was unavailable. Both are cropped to the opening view.
Open earlier capture ↗October 2026 · Current store
The current Torus homepage, captured October 2026 at the same desktop viewport. Opening-view crop excludes the business-results strip. Source photography and artwork are unchanged.
Open later capture ↗02 / What we built
The system
behind the screen.
Make the product easier to understand.
A purposeful machine visual, clearer product comparisons and practical ForgeBrain resources help a buyer work through the choice.
Connect the conversation.
Commerce and CRM work organise inquiries, contacts, orders and tasks. The public case describes the delivered system without claiming a sales result from the software.
Keep the useful history.
Earlier storefronts, content and maintenance records remain available in the detailed review. That history separates inherited work from each Brandcore phase.
03 / Retained speed evidence
The product arrives sooner.
The current homepage’s median mobile main-content paint was 2.89 seconds, compared with 8.87 seconds for the restored earlier store. A 3.1× ratio in this matched lab set.
October 12, 2026 · Homepage Lighthouse performance scores / 100
| Tested version | Mobile | Desktop | Mobile main-content paint (LCP) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Restored earlier Brandcore store | 66 | 82 | 8.87 s |
| Current Torus store | 91 | 99 | 2.89 s |
Read the test method and its limits
Lighthouse 13.5.0 and Chromium 151 on the same Windows machine. Three interleaved homepage runs per device, fresh browser processes and storage reset. Values are medians; the same local script-injection exclusion was applied across targets.
- The earlier store runs on current hosting with operational integrations disabled. This is not a historical platform-speed measurement.
- Measurements predate the review gate and a later pricing-only release. Fresh screenshots do not replace the retained speed tests.
- The current mobile result still exceeds the 2.5-second good-LCP threshold. Lab scores do not establish field Core Web Vitals or sales outcomes.
04 / Explore the captured sites
Open a page.
Follow the details.
Browse the locally preserved website versions. Each demo identifies its capture or reconstruction. Forms, ordering and account actions are disabled; these captures document a website state.
05 / The source trail
Real sites. Retained evidence.
The visual comparison and selected lab record document the work at the stated dates. The complete original report and supporting files remain available through detailed review access.
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Make the work
speak for itself.
A stronger identity, a faster website and a useful path from interest to conversation. Built as one system.