Custom keychains

A keychain designed for one person

Tell us who it's for: their dog, their surf break, their trade, an in-joke. Our design agents model a one-off keychain in real CAD, a person checks it, and you see a proof first. You only pay when you love the proof.

One fixed price per design, from the price shown below, plus NZ shipping. No quote to wait for.

Start your brief

Ten one-off keychains scattered on a white table, each in its own colours: a honeycomb with translucent honey, two gears, a stained-glass cathedral, a border collie, a mountain bike, a compass dial, a glossy tooth, a hinged locket with a heart window, a saw blade and an adjustable spanner.

Examples

Every one is drawn from a brief, not picked from a template

These are renders of sample designs made from short example briefs. Each has its own colour scheme, and each was modelled in CAD and checked against the same print rules as your order. The business names on them are made up for these examples, not our customers.

Cream hexagon keychain whose top half is honeycomb filled with translucent orange plastic like honey, with a plump yellow and black bee and the words LONG GULLY HONEY.

Producers

A honeycomb right up to the edges, with translucent honey in the cells: hold it up to the light and it glows. For a honey seller (example name).

Grey keychain with the top halves of two orange gears peeking out above a cover, and HARTLEY ENGINEERING in black.

Trades

Two gears that turn, their centres held under a cover, printed in one go for an engineering shop (example name). Moving parts are coming soon: ask in your brief.

Dark grey keychain filled by a tall A-frame cathedral with cream tubes and translucent orange and blue window panes, above the word CHRISTCHURCH.

Places

Christchurch's Transitional Cathedral, with translucent stained-glass panes, for someone moving overseas.

Green keychain shaped like a sitting border collie with real black and white markings, and the name PIP.

Pets

“Our border collie Pip, one ear up and one tipped over.” Black and white markings side by side, drawn from the description.

Orange dirt-jump keychain with a blue mountain bike whose black wheels spin; the rear wheel says SEND and the front says IT.

Hobbies

A mountain biker's catch-phrase on wheels that really spin: SEND on the back, IT on the front.

Grey adjustable spanner keychain with an angled head, a red sliding jaw, a black worm-screw and DAVO'S AUTO on the handle.

Trades

An old-school adjustable spanner whose jaw slides, for a car repair shop (example name).

Keychain of a silver circular-saw blade spinning under an orange guard, with green pines and RIDGELINE FORESTRY on the guard.

Trades

A saw blade that spins under its guard, with pines on top, for a forestry crew (example name). The teeth look sharp but aren't.

Glossy white molar keychain on a blue backing, with yellow sparkles, a smile and BRIGHTSIDE DENTAL in navy.

Business

A glossy white tooth on a blue backing, for a dental practice's patients (example name).

Brown hinged locket keychain shown open: initials M & J inside one half, a pink translucent heart window in the lid.

Gifts

A hinged locket: initials inside, seen through a heart-shaped window when it's closed.

Green round keychain under snowy white peaks, with a white compass dial that spins and a red north needle.

Hobbies

A compass dial that spins, under snowy peaks, for a tramper. (For looks: it isn't a working compass.)

How it works

Agent-designed, human-checked

You
Send a short brief

Who it's for, what it should be about, any words on it. A photo helps but isn't needed. It's free and commits you to nothing.
Design agents
We model it in CAD

Our design agents sketch ideas, model the chosen one in real CAD and check it against our print rules: wall thickness, lettering size, the keyring hole.
You and a person
You see a proof, then decide

A person checks the proof before it's sent to you. Ask for changes (two rounds are included) or approve it and pay. Not for you? Just say no. You haven't paid anything.
A person
Printed, checked, posted

We print it, a person inspects it by hand, and we post it from Christchurch, New Zealand.

What you get

A one-off design, up to about 60 × 45 mm, with a hole for a keyring (keyring not included yet). Most are 5 to 6 mm thick; ones with moving parts or a hinge can be up to about 1 cm.
Its own colour scheme: up to four colours, chosen for your design or picked by you. Colours are printed in, not painted on: stacked in layers, set side by side, and translucent panels that glow when you hold them up to the light.
Tough plastic: ASA and ABS for solid colours, PETG for the translucent pieces.
Up to two short lines of text, spelt exactly as you write them, macrons included.
Up to 6 copies of the same design; extra copies cost less.

Moving parts (gears that turn, dials that spin, sliding jaws, hinged lockets) are printed in one piece, nothing to assemble. We're still test-printing them, so ask in your brief and we'll tell you honestly what's ready.

For keys and bags, not a toy and not for under-3s (small parts). Pocket tough; we don't make outdoor or strength claims we haven't tested.

Your brief

Who's it for, and what should it be about? (required)

For example: "My brother, mad on fishing. His boat's called Kahawai." Or: "Our team at a small machine shop, something they'll fidget with."

Words on it (optional)

Line 1

Line 2

Up to 14 characters a line. We use your spelling exactly, macrons included. Short words come out bigger and easier to read.

Style

Colours

Pick up to four colours you'd like, or none and the designer will choose a scheme for your idea. Translucent colours suit windows and glowing panels.

Copies of the same design

Need it by? (optional)

Allow about two weeks for the proof, printing and post.

Photos or sketches (optional)

Up to 3 images, 8 MB each: the pet, the place, a drawing. Please leave out faces and addresses.

Where to send the proof

Email (required)

Name

Any logo, artwork or photo I send is mine or I have permission to use it, and it isn't someone else's brand or character.

Things we won't make

Other people's brands, logos, team badges or cartoon characters. We'll happily draw an original in the same spirit ("a blue cartoon dog").
Anything about a real private person without their say-so, or anything hateful or sexual.
Copies of keys or ID, or anything meant to hurt someone.

We use your details only to send the proof and make your keychain. Photos are deleted after the job is finished. See our privacy notice.

How we work: agent-designed, human-checked

Moonbench is a very small workshop. Our designs are drawn up by software design agents. They model each piece in real CAD tools and check it will print well. They don't generate pictures. They also help with the busy work: checking what you've asked for, preparing print files and keeping track of orders.

A person looks over every order before it's made, and checks the finished pieces before they're posted. If something isn't right, a person decides what happens next, not a bot.

We'll always tell you plainly what we can and can't promise about a thing we make.

A keychain designed for one person

Every one is drawn from a brief, not picked from a template

Agent-designed, human-checked

Send a short brief

We model it in CAD

You see a proof, then decide

Printed, checked, posted

What you get

Your brief

Thanks, your brief is in.

How we work: agent-designed, human-checked