Creation of high quality bespoke, one-off models to cast direct to precious metals.
Creation of master models for moulding and production castings.
Models can be created from customers’ sketches, drawings, technical drawings, images and sample models.
We work closely with our customers with design input if needed, to iron out any possible casting and production problems.
Creation of wax/resin models from customers own supplied CAD 3D files.
Offer confidential model making services, as we don’t produce our own product range for sale and therefore your designs will remain, exactly that, your designs.
Typical jewellery items produced created with CADCAM can range from simple logo pins, settings, earrings, all types of rings (wedding bands, engagement rings, ETs, one-off settings around fancy stones and accurate multi part rings), cufflinks, brooches, bangles and pendants, up to large complex multi-part necklace projects.
Our CADCAM services have also been involved with high-tech, specialist industries:
We have made models for scientific/specialist instrument components, the marine and aeronautical industries, automotive badges and precious metal fittings, cutlery makers, unusual Objets d’art items, belt buckles, cast metal boxes and custom-made watches.
Typical CADCAM design creation costs range from £45 for a simple pin/cufflink model, rings can be from £100 (simple) to £350 (complex) through to many pounds for large and complicated projects. Wax model cost (Rapid Prototyping) usually start from about £10 for a small setting, larger heads and settings range from £20 to £30 and shanks range from £25 to £60 depending on size and complexity.
Simple jobs can be turned around usually in 2 to 3 days or so, depending on the casting times available. More complex projects might take several weeks to complete.
If we are creating a model for you from your 2D drawings or sketches, we generally would like to have as much info as you can supply, including as many dimensions as possible and if necessary, any sketches of particular cross-sections that might be relevant etc.
We work from rough sketches, through to CAD produced 2D engineering drawings. Clients also send in images and actual physical samples for us to measure and work from. We can start from a scanned object too, for example a handed earring or cufflink which might have been lost, to make a mirrored model.
Many projects start by taking a scan of your one-off stone so we can build a model around that particular stone.
You can view images of the CAD model for approval, before we commit it to either wax machining or ready for Rapid Prototyping.
More people are now designing using their own CAD software, and they send the files to us to make into wax models. Nearly all the sent in files are in the industry standard STL format. So, if possible, please send these files. We can quote a price to produce the model once we have seen the CAD file and from its volume, we can accurately estimate its weight in the relevant metal needed.
We do need to know at the start of the project whether the model is to be cast as a one off direct to metal or if it is for reproduction via rubber moulding, as this makes a big difference to the starting dimensions of the CAD model to allow for shrinkages.
Basically, just tell us what you need, and we’ll work closely with you to achieve the desired result.
Models can be created in many ways including CNC milling from solid wax (properties very similar to hand carving wax), printed waxes and printed resins.
Reach out for a quote and see what our specialist casting can do for you.
