Exhibit 23.1

                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS

We hereby consent to the use in this Registration Statement on Form S-4 of
TriMas Corporation of our report dated April 30, 2002 (except for Note 19, as
to which the date is June 6, 2002) relating to the financial statements and
financial statement schedule of TriMas Corporation, which appears in such
Registration Statement. We also consent to the references to us under the
headings "Experts", "Summary Historical Financial Data" and "Selected Historical
Financial Data" in such Registration Statement.


PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


Detroit, Michigan
October 4, 2002