Special & Bespoke Cutting Tools
Smart Tools UK supplies special and bespoke cutting tools for customers requiring tooling designed for a specific machining application, material or manufacturing process. Working with specialist manufacturing partners in both the UK and South Korea, we can provide custom tooling solutions for everything from one-off requirements and small batches to larger, repeat production quantities.
Our UK manufacturing partners enable us to offer high-quality special cutting tools with fast turnaround times, making them ideal for urgent requirements, prototypes and lower-volume production. For larger quantities or regularly ordered bespoke tooling, our specialist manufacturing partner in South Korea provides an alternative, highly competitive production solution without compromising on quality.
Our South Korean tooling partner maintains exacting standards for both tool quality and delivery, while offering considerable flexibility for specialist requirements. Minimum order quantities for certain custom cutting tools can be as low as 10 pieces, making bespoke tooling a practical option for a much wider range of manufacturing applications.
Whether you require a special carbide cutting tool, custom CNC tooling, application-specific tool or bespoke manufacturing solution, our team can assess your requirements and work with our specialist partners to identify the most appropriate solution.
Whatever the industry, material or machining application, talk to Smart Tools UK about your special cutting tool requirements and discover how we can help improve your manufacturing process.
Need a special or bespoke cutting tool? Get in touch with our technical team for advice and a competitive quotation.
Case Studies
We were sent an image to produce special micro cutters for this project. Even with the tooling being non-standard, we were still able to acheive a 40% reduction in tooling cost over the existing cutting tool supplier.
In addition, the faster turnaround times, including coating for increased tool life, gave the customer the added benefit of a stable process and reduced part costs.
We were asked to produce a particular tool to machine brass embossing plates.
A highly abrasive material in its own right, we produced and supplied solid carbide cutters with a highly wear resistant coating. The customer is very pleased with the results and is now regularly ordering the tools on a call off order giving the benefit of lower prices with extended tool life.
Fast turnaround product for an automotive component designed and supplied within 48 hours!
Special drilling tools made from solid carbide.
A space and medical electronics giant required special micro chamfer tools designed and manufactured to their specification.
The client only required 5-10 off quantity, but once they had received our quotation they opted for a 20 off cost due to the competitive pricing of the tool compared to their current supplier.
Our client required a rapid turnaround for a new bespoke tooling package for composite machining.
After assessing what was required based upon material specification and application, we recommended tooling for the process and samples were produced and trialled within a very short time frame. Due to the nature of the basis this was very well received by the customer.
After a short period of time and analysing production performance, some technical enhancements were made to further improve surface finish and due to the simplified design, reduced tooling costs further, much to the delight of the client.
A large subcontract engineering company required emergency tools for an aerospace client.
We were supplied with partial specification drawings, but even with this minimal information we were still able to design and produce 2 out of 3 of the tools, and all within 48hrs.
Pretty impressive I would say!
We were approached by this large defence sub contractor to produce a special purpose tool to machine the firing mechanism in hardened steel. The outcome was very favourable for both the customer & subequent ongoing business with Smart Tools UK.
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