Which server are you on? If Cerberus I'm willing to give you a hand.

Apart from that, what previous poster said about not having enough touches is key. Are you using food when crafting? Hq boullabaise will take you to 395 cp which gives you a lot extra to work with.

For progress I personally prefer rapid synth x3 + 1 careful synth for 3 star. Some will disagree with me on that though.

I use all hasty touches unless I have a ton of cp to burn, I can hit mm2 twice and refresh cz twice most of the time depending on ToT procs. I haven't actually made the tools as I've only mastered ltw and wvr so far but from what I understand they're a standard 3 star synth?