From prototypes to high volume and contract manufacturing gear cutting, First Gear is your strategic partner for outsourcing.

Whether we make complete to your print or you provide blanks, First gear has the equipment in place to handle everything from prototypes to high volume gear hobbing, including contract manufacturing. We offer industry leading turnaround times and leverage the latest gear design and manufacturing software. About half of our business is cut teeth only on customer’s blanks. In today's economy, many companies are realizing increased profits and staying competitive, both domestic and overseas, by outsourcing their gear hobbing needs to us. Whether your requirements are for spur gears, helical gears, internal gears or external gears, we are the source for all of your gear manufacturing. We do custom and production hobbing, shaping and grinding of spur gears and helical gears in all quantities from one piece to hundreds of thousands.