Hi-Speed Tooling

Hi-Speed Tooling: tool and die making in Welshpool

Hi-Speed Tooling is at 93 Kew Street, Welshpool, in Perth’s main light-engineering precinct, a short run from Kewdale, Queens Park, Cannington and the Welshpool Road industrial strip.

Getting a useful quote out of a tooling shop

Tool and die work is quoted from information, not from description. A dimensioned drawing with tolerances marked, a stated material and grade, and a quantity will get you a firm price; a photograph and a rough size will get you a range and a lot of back-and-forth. If you have a CAD file, send it, and say which dimensions actually matter and which are free.

Questions worth asking

• Say whether this is a one-off, a prototype or a production run. The tooling decision, and therefore the price, changes completely between them.
• Be explicit about material grade and finish. Stainless is not one material, and the difference between 304 and 316 is the difference between a part that lasts near the coast and one that does not.
• Ask about lead time separately from price and confirm whether heat treatment or coating is done in-house or sent out, because that is usually where the schedule goes.
• Agree what happens to the tooling and who holds it once the run is finished.

Hi-Speed Tooling is listed under Tool and Die Makers and serving Welshpool, Western Australia. Address: 93 Kew St, Welshpool WA 6106, Australia. Hours: Monday 07:00-16:30, Tuesday 07:00-16:30, Wednesday 07:00-16:30, Thursday 07:00-16:30, Friday 07:00-16:30.