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title: "Swiss & Micro-Machining Shops: Get Small-Part Precision RFQs | OpenSpindle"
description: "Swiss lathe or micro-machining shop? OpenSpindle sends you small, slender, high-precision RFQs: medical instruments, electronics pins, aerospace fittings. Free, no lead fees."
canonical: https://openspindle.com/for-shops/swiss-micro
updated: 2026-08-31
---

# Swiss and micro-machining shops: small-part precision RFQs routed to you

**For: Swiss & micro-machining shops**

Parts under half an inch with sub-thousandth tolerances usually bounce off a general CNC marketplace. If your shop runs Swiss lathes or micro mills, we have the work the big engines will not quote.

*Free to join* · *No lead fees* · *Small-part work only*

## Small-part RFQs on our board

### Medical and surgical instrument components

- Bone screws, orthopedic pins, dental drivers in Ti-6Al-4V ELI and 17-4 PH
- Surgical hand-piece parts in stainless and PEEK
- ISO 13485 traceability where the end use requires it

### Electronics and electromechanical

- Connector pins, terminals, and threaded standoffs in brass and beryllium copper
- Encoder shafts and sensor housings
- Low-volume prototype and mid-volume production (100–50,000 pcs)

### Aerospace fasteners and fittings

- Fuel-system fittings in 316L and Inconel
- Instrumentation and sensor fittings for turbines and engines
- AS9100 or NADCAP where the drawing calls for it

### Micro-machining

- Features below 0.030 in on medical, optical, and electronics parts
- Tiny milled parts: lens barrels, probe tips, micro-fluidic manifolds
- Workholding and metrology confidence at sub-millimeter scale

## What a qualified Swiss or micro shop looks like

- **Swiss lathes:** Citizen, Star, Tornos, Marubeni, Tsugami, or equivalent. Live tooling, sub-spindle, bar-feed capacity for your typical lot sizes.
- **Micro mills:** Kern, Makino iQ, Mikron HSM, or equivalent. HSK or micro-collet toolholding and sub-micron positioning.
- **Material experience:** Routine with free-machining stainless (303, 316L, 416), medical titanium, 17-4 PH, brass, PEEK, and medical polymers.
- **Inspection at scale:** Vision measurement systems, Keyence or equivalent profilometer, air gaging. First-article inspection reports standard.
- **Certifications:** ISO 9001 is enough for general industrial. AS9100 opens aerospace fittings; ISO 13485 opens medical.
- **Secondary ops:** Deburring (hand, thermal, electrochemical), passivation partner, electropolish for medical.

## What a Swiss / micro partner gets

- **Free to join; no fees:** No subscription, no per-RFQ fee, no commission.
- **Repeat production, not just prototypes:** Many Swiss RFQs are prototype 50 pcs now with a production release of 10,000–50,000 if the first article qualifies.
- **Realistic MOQ respect:** Set your minimum lot size on your profile; we respect it and route accordingly.
- **Keep your own customers:** Our RFQs are new to your shop; we do not call your existing accounts.
- **DFM credit:** If you review drawings for feature-driven cost (undercut depth, L/D ratio, concentricity callouts), flag DFM review and we bring you in early.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### We do production, not prototyping. Will the RFQs match?

Yes. Many of our Swiss RFQs are mid-to-high volume (1,000–50,000 pcs) because the big instant-quote marketplaces are not set up for Swiss production economics. Tell us your minimum lot size on your profile and we filter.

### What about bar stock sourcing?

You source and bill; the customer pays us before you cut, so you are not fronting bar stock.

### Does OpenSpindle know what micro-machining is, or will we get requests for 0.5-in parts labeled "micro"?

We screen RFQs before routing. The micro-machining tag is reserved for jobs with sub-millimeter features or sub-half-inch envelopes; general small-part work goes to Swiss or standard CNC.

## Where the RFQs come from

- [Swiss Machining](https://openspindle.com/capabilities/swiss-machining.md) -- Primary buyer-facing page.
- [Micro Machining](https://openspindle.com/capabilities/micro-machining.md) -- Sub-millimeter feature work.
- [Precision Grinding](https://openspindle.com/capabilities/precision-grinding.md) -- Centerless grinding often pairs with Swiss production.
- [Titanium](https://openspindle.com/materials/titanium.md) -- Medical implant and surgical Swiss work.
- [Stainless Steel](https://openspindle.com/materials/stainless-steel.md) -- 303, 316L, 17-4 PH Swiss parts.
- [Medical Devices](https://openspindle.com/industries/medical-devices.md)
- [Electronics](https://openspindle.com/industries/electronics.md)
- [Aerospace & Defense](https://openspindle.com/industries/aerospace-defense.md)

## Add your Swiss and micro capabilities and we route matching RFQs to you

List your Swiss machines, micro mills, materials, and minimum lot size. We send the next matching small-part RFQ to your inbox.

[Apply as a shop partner](https://openspindle.com/apply.md)