The quote is never the real cost of imported tooling. We make it here, in days, for less.

Send a Drawing or Part Rebuild one tool

What the quote leaves out.

The price a vendor quotes is rarely what the tool actually costs you. Imported metal tooling adds overseas freight, customs and brokerage, minimum orders, weeks of revision delay, and import duties on top of the sticker. We rebuild the same tool in domestic composite (no dutiable metal, no minimums, free ground shipping) and hand it back in days, not weeks. Send one tool and we’ll show the full cost side by side: your current source against ours.

Overseas freight & brokerage
None
Import duties on the part
None
Typical lead time
Days
Minimum order
None

Made here. Tariff-free. Shipped free.

Every tool is domestic composite, with no imported metal to carry a duty, and standard shipping to your dock is on us.

01
Tooling, fabrication, and material are tariff-free
Domestic engineering-grade composite carries no tariff-exposed metal, so applicable metal import duties never ride along with the part.
TARIFF-FREE
02
Free ground shipping to all 50 states
Standard ground shipping is on us via UPS, FedEx, or USPS. Expedited and overnight add only the difference over the free ground rate.
SHIPPED FREE
03
No minimums, no import shipping limits
Order a single part or a hundred. No minimum-order quantities and no import-related shipping restrictions to work around.
NO MINIMUMS
Composite flange packed in a protective box for nationwide shipment.

What we do.

Eight things that make a domestic composite rebuild worth the switch.

01
No dutiable metal in the part
Domestic engineering-grade polymer composite. The part carries no tariff-exposed metal, so applicable metal import duties do not ride along with it.
DOMESTIC
02
Lower delivered cost, shorter lead time
Typically well under the landed cost of machined metal, in days not weeks, with no minimum order. We show the per-part math against your current source.
COST + SPEED
03
Engineering-grade precision manufacturing
Continuous-fiber reinforcement, validated files, and honest guidance on where composite fits.
PRECISION
04
On-demand by part number
Your tools cataloged in a digital locker, reprinted on demand or on a schedule.
ON-DEMAND
05
Local and hands-on
On-site scanning on the Colorado Front Range, not a remote-only upload portal.
LOCAL
06
You approve the proof before we charge
Nothing is charged until you approve the digital proof, and the 60 day make-it-right guarantee backs the delivered part.
RISK-FREE
07
Never pay to scan the same tool twice
A one-time digitization fee on the first part, then print-only reorders.
SCAN ONCE
08
We carry the risk of switching
A 60-day guarantee that replaces or refunds a part that fails, and it covers the scanning too.
60-DAY

The old way, our way, and where metal still wins.

We will tell you which. Composite wins for locating, holding, guiding, and inspecting tooling, at a fraction of the cost and weight, and we will tell you where a tool should stay metal.

The old way

Imported metal tooling

  • Weeks of lead time, before the first revision
  • Overseas freight, brokerage, and import duties on top of the quote
  • Minimum-order quantities you do not need
  • Every new fixture cuts its own tooling on your CNC, stealing spindle time
  • Heavy in the hand, slow and costly to revise
Our way

K✱Y3D composite

  • Domestic composite, tariff-free, in your hands in days
  • $0 tooling, no minimums, free ground shipping to all 50 states
  • Drill guides: composite body, pressed metal bushings in every hole: hardened-steel precision and tens-of-thousands-of-cycle life, not a soft printed bore
  • Metal inserts at wear and precision points; continuous fiber where load demands
  • Free company-name or tool-ID engraving on every part: guides and all components
  • Cataloged by part number; reorder print-only, on demand
Where we say so

Stays metal

  • Heat near or above 105 °C (welding, hot forming)
  • Heavy machining fixtures under cutting loads
  • Precision tighter than about 0.2 mm
  • Hardened cutting tooling and stamping dies
  • High-wear surfaces without metal inserts

Continuous fiberglass reinforcement is available after engineering review and gives functional strength for most locating and inspection tooling. Published material data (Markforged datasheet, ASTM D3039) reports tensile performance up to 590 MPa in the reinforced test direction; part performance depends on fiber routing, orientation, geometry, and load case. It is not as strong as steel, and we never say it is.

The questions we get first.

Will plastic really replace my steel tool?
For the right applications, yes; for others, no, and we will tell you which. We reinforce with continuous fiber, embed metal inserts at wear and precision points, and can print a sample of your actual part so you test it, not take our word.
What does switching actually save?
It depends on the tool, the volume, and your current source, so we do not publish a blanket percentage. Instead we build a per-part comparison against your full landed metal cost: unit price plus freight, brokerage, minimum-order quantities, revision-cycle delay, and any applicable import duty. The saving is smallest on a single cheap part and largest on complex, low-volume tooling.
I am not on the Front Range.
We ship a prepaid kit, rebuild your part in composite, and return the original with its replacement. From then on it reorders print-only from your digital locker.
Does a more complex part cost more?
No. With 3D printing, price tracks the material and print time a part uses, not how intricate it is. A complex, consolidated, or organic shape prints for about the same as a simple block of the same size, while in machining every added feature means more setups, tool changes, and mill time. The more complicated the tool, the harder composite wins.
Isn’t a printed tool weaker than metal?
For the right jobs it is strong enough, and we tell you where it is not. We reinforce with continuous fiber along the load path (published tensile up to 590 MPa in the reinforced direction), embed metal inserts and bushings at wear and precision points, and print a sample of your actual part so you test it. Where heat, cutting loads, or sub-0.2 mm precision rule, we tell you to stay metal.
How does the design and build process work?
Send a drawing or the physical part, or we scan it on-site on the Front Range. We review it for printability, print a sample in your actual material so you can test fit and function, then catalog it by part number. After that, reorders are print-only from your file: no re-modeling, no re-scanning.
Do the drill guides really hold up?
Yes. The guide body is composite, but every drill hole carries a pressed metal bushing, so you get hardened-steel drilling precision and tens-of-thousands-of-cycle life, not a soft printed bore. The bushings are included in the price.
Do you engrave part or company IDs?
Yes, free. Your company name or a tool ID is engraved into every part we make, guides and all other components, at no charge, so your tooling stays traceable on the floor.

Send us one tool that keeps causing delays.

We will price it against your full landed metal cost, including freight, brokerage, minimums, delay, and any applicable duty, and show the comparison line by line. You only pay for a part that works. No file yet? Describe the problem.

Send a Drawing or Part Request an On-Site Review