Manufacturing · Aerospace & Defence Components
A jig that has to be right the first time is a hard thing to sell to a stranger.
A tooling buyer is not buying a part, they are buying certainty that the fixture will locate and the gauge will read true. The buyer usually comes through a person they know, and the tool room has to make itself known to a wider set of such people.
Scope, fee, reporting and term are agreed in writing after we have read your brief and spoken to you.
In one paragraph
Aerospace tooling is the jigs, fixtures, gauges, assembly tools and forming dies used to make, hold and check aircraft parts. GullySales presents the tool room's design and build skill to the manufacturers who outsource it, and follows each drawing-led quotation until it becomes a tooling order.
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Who it is for
This is written for you if aerospace tooling is what you make or sell.
- Tool rooms making assembly jigs and welding fixtures for airframe and structural work
- Makers of inspection gauges and checking fixtures
- Die and mould shops making forming tools for sheet parts
- Shops that machine ground-support and handling tools to the customer's design
Not for
It is not the right fit if.
- A tool room with no measuring equipment to prove its tools before they leave.
- A workshop that cannot take design responsibility and wants to be told every dimension.
How buyers choose
What decides the sale of aerospace tooling.
Tool design and accuracy
The buyer cares how the tool is designed, how it locates the part and how its accuracy is checked and recorded when it leaves the room.
Calibration of gauges
Gauges must be calibrated. The buyer asks who calibrates, against what reference and how records are kept.
Tool ownership and storage
Who owns the tool, where it is kept and who maintains it are decided at quotation. Settle these in writing.
Proof on the first part
The tool is tried with a trial part before release. The buyer's team usually attends, so the trial plan matters.
Where orders are lost
What usually goes wrong when you sell aerospace tooling.
In the words owners use on the first call.
“Tooling work comes by word of mouth only”
A wide set of manufacturers outsource tooling but have no way to find you. Pages on specific tool types give them one.
“Every quote is a design exercise”
Estimating a tool takes engineering hours. Without a clear enquiry form the shop quotes against vague requests and wins few.
“Tools last for years, so repeat orders are rare”
Revenue comes from new tools, modifications and re-calibration. A maintenance and re-checking offer can create the repeat.
The scope
The work we would propose for aerospace tooling.
Measured on qualified enquiries, quotation requests, follow-up on each quotation, trial orders won and repeat orders. Anything here that needs a platform, directory or tool we have not used with you is confirmed with you before it goes in the scope.
- A page for each tool typeAssembly jigs, welding fixtures, inspection gauges, forming dies, each with design method, materials and accuracy checks.
- A tool-room capability sheetMachines, measuring equipment, design software and typical tool sizes on one page.
- Search for aerospace jigs and gaugesPages matching how tool buyers search, checked against the tools you build.
- Quotation follow-up with trial datesEvery tool enquiry logged with the drawing, the quote and the follow-up.
A re-calibration and repair offer
A page and a reminder routine for customers whose gauges and fixtures are due a check.
What we do
What you get for aerospace tooling.
Each deliverable and what it is there to change.
A tool-type page set
Each tool type described by what it holds, checks or forms.
A tooling enquiry form
Asks for the part drawing, the operation and the quantity the tool must serve.
A sample accuracy record
Shows how a finished tool is measured and recorded, with customer details removed.
A reminder list for tool re-checks
Lists customers and the tools due for calibration or repair.
How the result is measured
- Tooling enquiries with a drawing
- Quotations sent
- Follow-up on each quotation
- Tool orders won
- Modification and re-check jobs
- Repeat customers
Recorded as a baseline before work starts, so every later report has an honest comparison.
How it works
From your first message to the first report.
No open-ended retainer. Every step gives you something in writing.
First
Your brief
You tell us what you need in a few short steps: your business, what you want, where enquiries come from and how they are handled.
After the brief
A conversation and a written scope
We read it, then talk with whoever handles your enquiries. If you want our help, the scope, the fee and the reporting come in writing, and nothing starts before you have read them.
Before work starts
Baseline recorded
The numbers this work is meant to move, such as enquiries, quotations, orders, visits or renewals, written down so every later report has an honest comparison.
After the baseline
The first fix goes live
The fix we agreed to start with is put in place and measured against the baseline, whether that is a reply, a follow-up, a page, a listing or the handover between marketing and sales.
As agreed
Report against the baseline
What moved, what did not, and what changes next, in plain words. How often you get it is set in writing before work starts.
At renewal
Renew on the numbers
The term ends and you decide whether to continue from the results. The length is agreed in writing before anything starts.
What we need from you
What to have ready before we talk.
None of it has to be tidy. We read what you have.
- A list of tool types you have built and the sectors they served
- Measuring equipment and calibration arrangements
- Design software and the skills you have in house
- Quotations for tooling sent in the last year with outcomes
- Photographs of finished tools you may share
Export and new regions
Selling aerospace tooling beyond your home market.
Where you sell decides standards, documents, payment terms and freight. We work from Bengaluru and have no overseas office, so for a new region we start from your own enquiries, your existing buyers and the directories you already use.
Overseas assembly and inspection tooling buyers
Manufacturers abroad source jigs and gauges from India for lower cost. Start with the overseas customers in your records.
Heavy tools and freight
Tools are heavy and need careful crating. Say how you pack and who insures transit.
FAQ
Questions about selling aerospace tooling.
Not here? More answers, or ask on WhatsApp.
How do we show the quality of a tool without showing the customer's part?
Can we win repeat work in tooling?
Is a tooling page the same as a machining page?
How much does it cost?
How long is the contract?
How soon will we see results?
Who will actually do the work?
What do you need from us?
What if we are not happy with the work?
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Why us
Why owners pick GullySales over an agency.
Marketing and sales, as one job
Most agencies stop at the enquiry. We also fix what happens after it: the reply, the follow-up, the quote and the CRM.
The person on the first call does the work
No account managers in between. You are never handed to someone you have not met.
A baseline before anything starts
Your numbers are written down on day one, so every later report compares against something honest.
The fee in writing, split three ways
Our time, your media spend and production on separate lines. You always see what goes to us.
No guarantees we cannot keep
The term is agreed in writing and never a default twelve months. We never promise a ranking or a lead count, because nobody controls those.
One office, and we say so
Nagarbhavi, Bengaluru. We work across India by call and WhatsApp and travel when a session needs to be in person.
#257, 3rd floor, Sri Nanjundeshwara Complex, Nagarbhavi 8th Block, Outer Ring Road. How we work.
Engagement options
Ways to work with us.
Pick the size of commitment that fits. Every option starts with your brief and a conversation.
Option 1
The conversation on its own
A call after you send your brief. It says honestly whether you need outside help, and many fixes are ones your own team can make.
Option 2
One fix, scoped
Start with the fix that matters most, such as reply time or follow-up. The fee is in writing before anything starts.
Option 3
An ongoing programme
We run the work, report against the baseline, and you renew on the numbers. The term and the reporting are agreed in writing first.
Option 4
Guidance for your own team or agency
We plan, brief and check the work of your in-house team or current agency, instead of replacing them.
Your brief
Tell us what you need, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps about your business, what you want and who decides. Most questions are a tap, and you can skip any you would rather answer on the call.
Your next practical step
Tell us what you are trying to grow, and we will read it before we call.
Eight short steps, mostly taps. Skip anything you would rather answer on the call.