Aerospace and aviation
Airframe and component manufacturers run the same part numbers for years. We supply the special cutters and reamers those jobs consume, held to the tolerance on the print.
Custom Cutting Tools Made to Print.
Tolerance held on custom tools
+.0003 / −.0000 in.
- Order minimum
- 500 units
- Service area
- California + Northern Mexico
- Years in business
- 25 years
- Inspection
- Every tool measured in a white room
- Languages
- English + Spanish
Your go-to experts for specialized consumable tools.
Carbide rotary files, inserts, and tipped tools. Blades, mills, cutters, reamers, grinders, routers, and taps.
Se habla español. Call or write in English or Spanish.
- Boeing
- Gulfstream
- SDS-Ormco
- McDonnell Douglas
- Douglas Aircraft
- AlliedSignal
- Lancer Orthodontics
- Crower Cam
- South Bay Foundry
- Allstar Glass
- Callaway
- TaylorMade
- Titleist
- Cleveland Golf
- Cobra Golf
- Lynx Golf
- Golden Bear (Nicklaus)
- Tommy Armour
Send us the specs. We’ll supply the tools, measured, ready to run and reorder.
Send a drawing, a sample or a part number. A specialist partner makes the tool to that print, and we stay responsible for fit, delivery and every reorder.
Lean overhead keeps our pricing competitive at production quantities, a big reason US manufacturers with plants in Mexico order from us.
- Special end mills and cutters
- Reamers and routers
- Carbide rotary files and burs
- Carbide inserts and carbide-tipped tools
- Diamond tooling and grinding tools
- Saw blades and taps
All of the tolerance sits on the plus side, so a tool is never undersize. Read what +.0003 / −.0000 means in practice.
A supplier for the tools you buy every month.
Most of what we supply is consumable: the cutters, reamers and burs a production line wears out and reorders.
| A supply program with us | Buying one at a time |
|---|---|
| Tools made to your drawing | Standard sizes from a shelf or catalog |
| Your print and spec on file for the next order | A new search every time you run out |
| One contact who knows your parts | Whoever answers the phone |
| Quoted for production quantities and repeat orders | Priced per piece |
| Every tool measured to the same tolerance | Size varies from batch to batch |
Send the print
A drawing, a sample or a part number, plus how many you use and how often.
We quote it
We price it for your quantities and place it with the manufacturing partner best suited to make it.
We measure it
Every tool is checked against your print in a clean room before it ships.
You reorder
Your spec stays on file. The next order is a call or an email, and the tool matches the last one.
Built for shops that require precision and repeatable quality at scale.
Dental and medical device
Small, tight-tolerance tools for dental and medical device production, supplied in the quantities a production line goes through.
Shipbuilding and marine
Cutting tools, abrasives, cutoff wheels and saw blades for shipyards and marine fabrication and repair.
Baja maquiladoras
We service and ship to manufacturing plants across Northern Mexico from our San Diego office, close to the border. See our Northern Mexico service
Custom cutting tools for your plant in Northern Mexico.
Made-to-print tooling for plants across Baja California and Northern Mexico, from our San Diego office near the border.
- Made to your print. Special end mills, reamers, carbide rotary files, inserts and diamond tooling, made by specialist partners.
- Held to +.0003 / −.0000 in. Measured in a clean room before it ships.
- Competitive pricing. Lean overhead keeps prices sharp at production quantities.
- Recurring orders. We keep your print and spec on file, so the next order matches the last.
- One supplier. Plus 120+ lines of standard tooling and shop supplies.
How to get a quote
- Send the print, a sample or the part number.
- Tell us how many you use and how often you reorder.
- We quote it for your production quantities.
- We measure every tool against your print before it ships.
Email: rolly9515@aol.com
Cell: (619) 719-2125
Tooling specialists in San Diego since 2001.
For 25 years we have supplied precision tooling to manufacturers in California and Northern Mexico. Most customers send a print once and reorder the same tool for years.
When you call, you reach the person who quoted your tool and knows your parts, in English or in Spanish.
- Legal name
- USA Industrial Tool & Distribution Inc.
- Founded
- 2001
- President
- Rolando L. Hernandez
- Main office
- 5663 Balboa Avenue, Suite 342, San Diego, CA 92111
- Service area
- All of California and Northern Mexico
- Languages
- English and Spanish
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- Specialty
- Made-to-print consumable tooling, +.0003 / −.0000 in.
One supplier for all your tool needs.
We also distribute 120+ vendor lines, so standard tooling ships on the same order.
- Abrasives
- Carbide inserts
- Carbide rotary files
- Coolants
- Cutoff wheels
- Diamond products
- End mills and cutters
- Grinding tools
- Reamers and routers
- Saw blades and taps
- Tool steel, brass and copper
- Tools to print
Safety products: ear, eye, hand, head and respiratory protection.
Paper products: center pull roll towels, toilet tissue, and white and colored knit rags.
View the full line card (121 vendors)
AAir Turbine Tools · Acme/Hanson Company · Albrecht · All American Bushing · Allen Benjamin Taps · Allen Mfg. Co. · Allied Machine · Al-Lumitap · Aloris Tool · Alvord-Polk · Accurate Diamond · Armstrong Tools · Astro Pneumatic · Award Cutter
BBalax · Best Carbide · Bents · Big Sheppard · Bondhus · Brahma Glove · Briney · Brown & Sharpe · Brubaker · Buffalo Precision
CCAI-Carborundum · California Reamer · Carboloy-Seco · Cedarberg Ind. · Centaur · Cogsdill Tool Products · Collis · Cool Jet · Cooper Tools · Camel Grinding Wheels · Criterion Machine · Crown · Curtis Saw Arbors
DDaco · Dapra · Drill America · De-Sta-Co · Deprag Industrial · Destiny Tools · Diamond Saw Blades · Dia-Tek Inserts · Disco-Sea · Dorian · Dormer
FF&D Tool · Form Roll Die · Fowler Gage · Fullerton
GG.R. Custom Abrasives · Global Diversified · Gordon Brush · Grobet File
HH&R Mfg. · Hakansson Saw Blades · Hanita · Hannibal Carbide Tipped · Hanson Whitney Taps · Hardinge Collets · Heli-Coil · High Pressure Systems · Holo/Krome · Horn-Grove/Milling · Hudson Abrasives
IInternational Minicut
JJacobs Mfg. Co. · Jet Abrasives · Jisco Abrasives
KKaiser Min. Bit · Kurt Mfg. Co. · Kennametal Inc.
MMerit Abrasives · Manchester · M.A. Ford · McDonough Mfg. Co. · Milford Saw · Mill Monster · Mitutoyo
NNiagara · Nicholson File · Norton Abrasives
PPrecision Brand · Production Abrasives · Proto Type Taps
QQuinco
RRadstar · Regal-Beloit · Reiff & Nestor · Republic Drill · Rex-Cut Products · Roy El Tools
SSchunk Chuck Jaws · Sev-Cal · Severance · Simonds · Spiral Brushes · Stafford Mfg. Co. · Stanley Mfg. · Starlite Mfg. Co. · Sterling Saw · Swiss Precision Inst.
TTapmatic · Thermac Inc. · Thurston Mfg. Co. · Tool Monster · Toolflo · Tri-Angle Reamer · Tyrolit Abrasives
UUltra Tool · United Butterfield · USA Carbide
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Straight answers.
Does USA Industrial Tool manufacture its own tools?
We are a tooling supplier. Custom tools are made to your print by specialist manufacturing partners we choose for each job. We manage the order, measure the tools and handle every reorder, so you deal with one supplier.
What tolerance do you hold on custom tooling?
We hold +.0003 / −.0000 in. on custom tools. Every tool is measured in a clean room with calibrated instruments before it ships.
Do you take one-time orders?
Yes, but we are set up for repeat work. Most of our customers reorder the same tools on a regular schedule, and we keep each print and specification on file so the next order matches the last.
Which industries do you serve?
Aerospace and aviation, dental and medical device manufacturing, shipbuilding and marine, and manufacturing plants in Northern Mexico.
Where do you ship?
We service and ship to all of California and Northern Mexico from our office in San Diego.
Do you also supply standard tooling?
Yes. We distribute more than 120 vendor lines, including abrasives, carbide inserts, end mills, coolants, and safety and paper products.
Do you speak Spanish?
Yes. You can call, email or send your quote request in English or Spanish.
How does your pricing compare?
We are competitive at production quantities. We keep overhead lean and place each job with a specialist partner, which is why many US manufacturers with plants in Mexico buy from us.
What are your lead times?
We quote within one business day. A first order of a custom tool typically ships in 2 to 4 weeks, and reorders of a tool on file in 1 to 2 weeks. Standard tooling from our lines usually ships in 1 to 3 business days.
Is there a minimum order?
Custom tools start at 10 pieces per order. There is no minimum on standard tooling and shop supplies.
Can I send my print through the website?
Yes. Attach the drawing to the quote form below: PDF, DWG, DXF, STEP or a photo of the print, up to 7 MB.
Tell us what you run and how often.
Describe the tool, attach your print, and we will price it for your quantities.
- Quote
- Within 1 business day
- First order
- 2–4 weeks
- Reorders
- 1–2 weeks
- Custom minimum
- 10 pieces
- President
- Rolando L. Hernandez
- Office
- (858) 576-0444
- Cell
- (619) 719-2125
- Fax
- (858) 576-0400
- rolly9515@aol.com
- Address
- 5663 Balboa Avenue, Suite 342
San Diego, CA 92111