What Star Rapid offers
Star Rapid is a rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, and low-volume manufacturing company in Zhongshan, China, founded by a British engineer. It combines CNC machining with plastic injection molding, metal 3D printing, pressure die casting, vacuum casting, and a broad finishing shop, and it holds recognized quality and environmental certifications. For teams that want tooling and molded or cast parts alongside machined prototypes under one roof, Star Rapid is a well-run, established source.
Where Wexmar fits
Wexmar is a domestic production machine shop, not a tooling and molding house. It concentrates on turned, milled, and Swiss metal parts made in the United States, with direct contact to the machinists.
Wexmar is a US CNC machine shop in Canastota, NY that ships nationwide. The shop runs 10 CNC lathes, 6 Mazak horizontal machining centers (3 and 4 axis), and 4 Maier MLK-32 Swiss lathes turning bar stock to 32mm diameter, with 2 Brown & Sharpe CMMs for in-house inspection. Work runs from one-off parts through long-run production. Wexmar is SAM registered (CAGE 16AD7), NIST 800-171 scored 110 of 110 in SPRS, DFARS-relevant, Buy American, and Made in USA. Quality is ISO 9001-aligned.
Star Rapid offers services Wexmar does not, including injection molding, metal 3D printing, and casting. Those belong with a full prototyping and tooling supplier. Wexmar's strength is US turned and milled production, in-house CMM inspection, and federal compliance that is already in place.
Side by side
| Factor | Star Rapid | Wexmar |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Zhongshan, China | Canastota, NY, USA |
| Focus | Prototyping, tooling, molding, casting, CNC | Turned, milled, Swiss machining |
| Extra processes | Injection molding, 3D printing, die casting | Not offered; machining only |
| Inspection | In-house QA lab | 2 Brown & Sharpe CMMs |
| Swiss capacity | General CNC | 4 Maier MLK-32 Swiss to 32mm |
| US compliance | Not a US supplier | SAM, SPRS 110/110, Buy American |
| Quote | Engineer-assisted quote | Instant quote from a drawing |
Choosing the right source
If you need tooling, molded, or cast parts along with machined prototypes, Star Rapid covers that spread. If you need turned or milled metal parts made in the United States, inspected on a CMM, and backed by federal registrations, a domestic direct shop keeps the loop tight. Wexmar quotes one-off and production volumes from one drawing. Explore Swiss machining or request an instant quote.
Materials, tolerances, and lead time
Wexmar machines common and specialty metals for turned and milled work, including aluminum, stainless, carbon and alloy steels, brass, and bronze, with material choice driven by the drawing. The four Maier MLK-32 Swiss lathes handle small, tight-tolerance turned parts in bar stock to 32mm diameter, while the 6 Mazak horizontal machining centers cover 3 and 4 axis milled work. Every job can be checked on the shop's two Brown & Sharpe CMMs before it ships, and first-article and in-process inspection scale with the run. Lead time tracks material availability and quantity rather than a queue in someone else's plant, and the same drawing that priced the job runs it from prototype through production. Send a print to the instant quote page to start.
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