Middle School Students Tour GSM’s Tomah Facility
See what a group of middle schoolers learned during a visit to our facility in Wisconsin.
General Stamping & Metalworks delivers tool and die manufacturing built for the pace and precision OEMs demand. Our full design/build team, including nine journeyman tool and die makers, enables quick and accurate production. We move designs to tryout fast and then feed stamping, cutting, and forming on one coordinated schedule.
Many shops outsource tool design and manufacturing, but GSM designs, builds, and maintains tooling and dies alongside a full suite of services at our two ISO-certified facilities .
As your tool and die company, we lock in forecasts with your team so timelines hold, minimizing supply chain issues.
GSM tackles large frames, long carriers, and heavy-gauge tooling. We design and build numerous dies to handle complicated designs.
Backed by our extensive expertise, our team works closely with customers to improve manufacturability and cut costs.
GSM owns design, build, tryout, and maintenance under one roof, so launches move fast and accountability stays clear. Our toolroom works shoulder-to-shoulder with stamping, machining, and cutting, closing feedback loops in hours, not weeks. Advantages of our tool and die making include:
Choose GSM as the tool and die manufacturer that delivers smart tool and die design and reliable services that keep production on pace.
Tool and die manufacturing engineers and builds the hardware that shapes, cuts, and forms metal with repeatable accuracy. In a stamping press, for instance, the die controls part geometry, cycle time, and edge quality. Our strong tooling decisions drive uptime and consistency across every process.
Our complete program covers tool and die design, machining, assembly, tryout, and maintenance, all work that delivers precision tool and die performance on the production floor. Well-designed and well-maintained tooling combined with our extensive capabilities extends production life, reduces downtime, lowers scrap, and keeps schedules steady for OEM builds.
GSM runs tool and die manufacturing with a complete design/build team that moves ideas to steel fast and keeps clearances and stations tight to the print.
Capacity stays strong because we stage materials, reserve machine time, and hold tryout slots ahead of demand. If you need precision tool and die work with real throughput, our custom tool and die services deliver.
GSM engineers every detail that affects accuracy, including steel selection, coatings, clearances, radii, timing, and strip layout, so the die repeats on the press. We choose die materials that make sense and lock alignment with precision guides and bearings that hold position, hit after hit.
Sensors protect the die and the schedule. We integrate feed, part-out, and mis-hit detection, monitor press tonnage, and use die protection to stop issues before they mark parts. In-press adjustments and serviceable inserts keep edges sharp and features clean without pulling the tool from production.
Walk the line with GSM to see our commitment to velocity and integrity in action. Watch the video to see how one coordinated floor maintains the tight schedules that OEMs depend on.
Send us your details, and we’ll price the build and outline a clear tool and die manufacturing timeline. If you need fixtures or updates to existing tooling, we can scope that at the same time. With all our services under one roof, you can rely on GSM for quick turnarounds and speedy production. Talk with a tooling engineer for the guidance you need. Get started now by requesting more information or a quote.
See press-ready tooling from our floor with clean trims and true forms. Each image highlights the repeatable accuracy our tool and die manufacturing delivers, run after run, for OEM production.
Yes. As a trusted player in the $274 billion global tooling market, GSM designs and builds prototype tools, bridge tooling, and full production dies using the same engineering team and tryout resources, so you can move from first hit to volume without resets.
Yes. We evaluate condition, replace inserts, rework clearances, add sensors/die protection, and run preventative maintenance. Our team can reverse-engineer components, update tooling for new materials or presses, and manage ongoing service to keep cycle time and quality steady.
Lead time depends on die type, size, and complexity. We stage materials, reserve machine time, and hold tryout slots, then publish a firm schedule with your quote.
See what a group of middle schoolers learned during a visit to our facility in Wisconsin.
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