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Custom jigs and fixtures, printed instead of machined.
Workholding, assembly aids, drill guides, alignment fixtures and go/no-go gauges for small manufacturers and workshops — modelled to your job and printed locally. Cheap enough to iterate, no minimum order.
Built for one-off and short-run tooling
Machining a one-off fixture is often uneconomic. Printing changes that calculation.
Uneconomic to machine, cheap to print
A single jig or a short run of a few doesn't justify machine time or tooling setup — printing sidesteps that cost entirely.
Cheap to iterate
Print, test-fit on the actual job, adjust the model, reprint. Getting a jig exactly right costs a fraction of remaking a machined one.
Modelled to your workflow
Drill guides, alignment fixtures, assembly aids and go/no-go gauges built to the specific part and process they support.
Send us enough to work from
Photograph the job
The part or assembly the jig needs to hold or align, from a few angles, so we understand the working relationship.
Give us a sense of scale
Calipers on the key dimensions are ideal. No calipers? A ruler or a coin next to the part in the photo works too.
Tell us the details
What the jig needs to do, how often it will be used, and what forces or clamping loads it needs to withstand.
What a printed jig does well
- GOOD FITWorkholding, assembly aids, drill guides, alignment fixtures and go/no-go gauges under light to moderate clamping loads and normal shop temperatures.
- CHOSEN FORLocating, holding and guiding — the operations where a printed fixture transforms a job. Cutting loads and hot environments are assessed at the quote, with a recommendation on which part of the fixture to print and which to have machined.
Functional-grade FDM printing, test-fitted and adjusted before the final part. Every quote includes an assessment of the clamping and cutting loads, so the right parts of a fixture get printed and the right parts get machined.
Common questions about jigs and fixtures
Is 3D printing strong enough for a workshop jig?
For clamping, locating and alignment work under everyday shop loads, yes — PETG handles daily workshop use well. Where a fixture has to resist heavy cutting or clamping forces, that part of it is best machined, and the quote sets out which is which.
Why 3D print a jig instead of machining it?
A one-off jig is often uneconomic to machine but cheap to 3D print, especially for a short production run or a single job. Printing also makes it cheap to iterate — adjust the model and reprint if the first version needs tweaking.
What kinds of jigs and fixtures can you make?
Workholding, assembly aids, drill guides, alignment fixtures and go/no-go gauges for small manufacturers and workshops. Send your application and we'll tell you whether a printed jig is the right fit.
Can a jig be adjusted after the first print?
Yes — that's one of the advantages of printing over machining. We test-fit the first version, then adjust the model and reprint until it works exactly as needed, at a fraction of the cost of remaking a machined fixture.
What materials are jigs and fixtures printed in?
PETG for most jigs and fixtures thanks to its toughness, PLA for quick prototypes and low-load guides, and flexible TPU for grip pads or soft-jaw inserts. If a fixture needs more strength or wear resistance than PETG can give, that's a job for machining rather than a printed part.
Send the job and the constraints.
Tell us what the jig or fixture needs to hold or align, and roughly what loads it's under. We'll come back with an approach and a fixed price, usually the same day. Based in Geelong, serving Melbourne and regional Victoria.