Gates is a busy mixed-use town on the west side of Rochester, with a deep base of small businesses, light manufacturing shops, and neighborhood-scale services. We work with Gates manufacturers on production-floor tooling and replacement parts, with small-business owners on branded pieces and signage, and with families on custom gifts and household projects.
Around Gates
- The Lyell Avenue and Buffalo Road business corridors
- Gates Town Hall and Veterans Memorial Park
- A deep base of light manufacturing along Beahan Road
- The Gates-Chili school district
What Gates clients use us for
- Production-floor jigs, fixtures, and gauges for Gates manufacturers
- Reverse-engineered replacement parts the OEM no longer makes
- Custom signage and branded promo pieces for local businesses
- Recognition awards for company milestones and team events
- One-off creative and personal projects for makers and hobbyists
Why work with a local Rochester shop
National 3D-printing services are fine when you don't care who's printing your part. For Gates businesses and makers, working with a local Rochester shop means real human conversation, a free design-for-manufacturing review on every quote, and the option to pick up and inspect your parts in person before they leave the shop. We're a family-run operation — every project that comes through is handled by people who stake their name on it.
What Gates projects look like
Gates is Spencerport's direct neighbor — Buffalo Road runs east from us straight into Gates and onward into Rochester. That makes Gates customers some of our closest by drive time, and the working-class, family-centered demographic of the two towns has a lot of overlap. Gates is anchored by the Westgate Plaza and Buffalo Road retail corridor, with the Gates-Chili Central School District covering both Gates and parts of Chili.
Gates projects look like Spencerport projects, mostly because the customer base is so similar. We see household replacement parts, small-business signage and giveaway pieces for businesses along Buffalo Road and Howard Road, Gates-Chili robotics-team work in spring, lawn and small-engine equipment parts, hobby and tabletop-gaming prints, and the occasional medical-office or dental-office promotional item from practices along Spencerport Road in the eastern part of Gates. Many Gates customers find us via word of mouth from Spencerport neighbors, since the two towns share so many family and school connections.
From Spencerport: 5-10 minutes east on Buffalo Road. Same-day pickup is the default; we've had Gates customers swing through on the way home from work more often than not.
Materials we stock: PLA, PETG, ABS, ASA, Nylon, TPU, and SLA resin — six engineering plastics plus high-detail resin, matched to your project's mechanical, thermal, and aesthetic requirements.
Typical turnaround: 2–7 business days from approved quote. Rush options available for Gates clients with tight deadlines — same-day or next-day pickup in Spencerport when schedule and material allow.