How We Match Buyers With Swiss Machining Shops
A matching service, not a machine shop, and not a bidding platform. Here is exactly what that means.
What this site is
Swiss Machining Services connects buyers who need small, slender turned parts with shops that run Swiss-type (sliding headstock) lathes. We do not own machines and we do not manufacture anything ourselves. We read your RFQ, match it with shops whose equipment fits, and step back once the introduction is made. You negotiate price, terms and delivery directly with the shop you choose.
How we match your RFQ
Matching is a fit check, not an auction. When your RFQ arrives we look at the drawing, material, largest diameter, tolerance and yearly quantity, then compare that against what each registered shop told us it runs: bar capacity, tooling, live tool and Y-axis capability, and the materials it has real experience with. We send your request to the shops whose equipment and experience actually fit, up to 3 of them.
We do not blast a drawing to every shop on the list and see who bites. A shop that cannot hold your tolerance or does not run your material is not a match, no matter how many other RFQs it has taken.
Why at most 3 shops
Sending a drawing to a handful of shops that genuinely fit gets you comparable, serious quotes. Sending it to twenty gets you noise: shops quoting a part they will not actually run well, and a buyer left to sort real capability from a hopeful one. Capping it also means each shop we send a request to is spending its own time on a lead worth taking seriously, which is part of why shops work with us in the first place.
What a shop confirms to register
A shop registers itself. We do not run a factory audit or issue a certification, and we do not want that to read as more than it is. What we do require before a shop sees a single RFQ preview:
- Real equipment. At least one Swiss-type lathe with a bar feeder in daily production use, not a one-off job run on borrowed equipment.
- A response commitment. Reply to a buyer within 48 hours of taking a lead.
- Confidentiality on request. Sign an NDA when a buyer asks for one before files are released.
- Honest quoting. Decline a part the shop cannot actually hold rather than quote it and miss.
If you ask a matched shop directly what it can show you beyond this, for a quality certification, a first article report or a reference, it should answer plainly. The supplier auditing guide covers what to ask and how much diligence fits the size of your order.
What we do with your RFQ and your files
A matched shop first sees a short preview: part type, material, diameter and length, quantity, tolerance, region and deadline. Your name, company, contact details and files go only to a shop that takes the lead, and only after an NDA is signed if you asked for one. The full detail is in our privacy policy.
What it costs buyers
Nothing. You never pay us anything to send an RFQ or to work with the shop you pick, and we take no commission on the order itself once you place it. Each RFQ goes to at most 3 shops that fit, and you choose which one to work with.
What we are not
We are not the factory making your part, so we never claim capability, capacity or a track record that belongs to a shop rather than to us. We do not claim parts are made in Switzerland. "Swiss" here names the machine type, covered in full in why the name has nothing to do with the country. We are not a reseller and we do not mark up a shop's price.
Get matched
Send a drawing through the RFQ form with material, largest diameter and yearly quantity. We reply within 24 business hours with matched shops, or a clear no if nothing genuinely fits.