Founded in 1990 in Walt Jones’s garage, Thrift Tool is a family-owned Dayton tool shop that builds custom tooling and inspection gauges for manufacturers. More than 30 years later, Walt’s son Jeff runs the company with his three sons in an 8,000-square-foot facility, where late-model equipment supports precision machining and 100% inspection of finished details.
Sure Tool & Manufacturing, IncSince 1969, family-owned Sure Tool & Manufacturing has made close-tolerance tooling and precision products in Dayton, Ohio, taking complex work from in-house design through manufacture. Its capabilities span custom gaging, difficult multi-machine jobs, and specialty tooling, with precision grinding holding and inspecting features within ±0.00005 inch. Now a third-generation family business, Sure Tool also maintains ISO/IEC 17025:2017 accreditation for dimensional measurement and gage calibration.DAYTON, OH
Sharp Tooling CompanyBorn in a 20-by-20 Buffalo garage in 1959 as Niagara Punch and Die, Sharp Tooling Company now makes customized tooling and close-tolerance machined parts for manufacturers across Western New York and around the world. The company remains a family-run machine shop, with third-generation machinist Jayson Czerniak leading the business after his grandfather founded it and his father Jay expanded it. Its in-house inspection and reverse-engineering work help customers refine existing parts as well as develop new tooling.BUFFALO, NY
Chart Tech Tool IncFamily-owned Chart Tech Tool Inc. has been part of the Tipp City manufacturing community since 1965, when it began making optical comparator charts and sight gauges. After moving from Dayton to its current 35,000-square-foot facility in 1985, the company grew into a turnkey engineering and manufacturing partner for customers worldwide, with a particular history in custom automation work. It is QS9000 compliant and ITAR approved.TIPP CITY, OH
S.T. Tool & Design IncFamily-owned since its founding in 1994, S.T. Tool & Design has built its reputation in Mentor, Ohio, on careful workmanship and lasting customer relationships. The company operates from a 17,000-square-foot facility, where its team produces precision-machined parts for businesses with complex manufacturing needs.MENTOR, OH