James Tool Machine & Engineering, Inc.
ISO 9001:2000




Design & Build Workholding Fixtures

James Tool has been designing and building fixtures for more than 20 years. We take great pride in our abilities to provide solutions to our customers.

We design in the latest 3-D Solid Works™ and then provide those detailed models to the shop for efficient and accurate programming through the use of MASTERCAM. Our build and test area is dedicated and well equipped to build the most complex hydraulic fixtures.

We design and build more than 265 fixtures each year. Most of our fixtures utilize high and low pressure hydraulics. Our fixtures are designed and built for many industries including: Automotive, Medical, Transportation, Aerospace, and Heavy Truck.

A James Tool fixture will be tested in one of our two Custom-Designed Hydraulic Test Stands. These test stands will replicate any CNC machines hydraulic system. This ensures that the part being clamped is under the same condition as it would be in production.

  • More than 122 years combined design experience
  • Project manager assigned to your project
  • Large dedicated fixture build area staffed with highly skilled fixture builders
  • Inspection sign off and other documentation shipped with the fixture
  • Deep hole drilling for hydraulic manifold holes
  • Web cam for live clamp test viewing
  • Dedicated FTP site for the emailing of large files
  • Build only service available
“Large shop ability - Small shop agility.”



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