QJ Tool Company started in August 1972 in a 2-car garage in East Berlin, CT with a total of 5 machines. From the beginning, QJ Tool’s main goal was to provide a quality job. After 4 years, QJ Tool grew in the amount of business being handled to the point where the company needed more room. In 1976, the business moved into a 4000 square foot leased facility and then in 1980 we bought our own building. During these early years, the main concentration was on making cutting tools.

In 1982, we built an addition to the building and bought a ½ share in a CNC machining business. After nearly 10 years of working together, the ½ share of the CNC machining company was sold; however, we continued to provide precision machining services.

Larry and Cheryl Ernst bought the company in 1998. We subsequently changed the name to QJ Tool & Machining, Inc. to accurately reflect the full business we provide; that is, supplying high speed and carbide cutting tools and precision machining services. In late 1999 we bought a new building that doubled the manufacturing space and moved the company into the new facility in January 2000.