Making jewelry is not a simple matter. Although ancient. The secrets of working with precious metals and stones were passed down from generation to generation. They required attention, diligence and experience.
The emergence of machines with programmable control simplified the task for many people, including jewelers.
CNC machines allow you to make not only furniture, doors, other carpentry, not only decor, but also jewelry: fancy rings and bracelets, earrings with complex ornaments, pendants and much more.
In this article we will tell you a little about how jewelry is made on CNC machines, what machines are suitable for this.
And you can always buy models from us! Ready-made and customized.
CNC machines suitable for creating jewelry:
Of course, in this case, not huge production machines are used. After all, jewelry manufacturing involves creating very tiny parts.
- These can be small milling machines suitable for finer work. Specialized mini milling machines. Those that allow you to work with metal or are used to cut out wax molds for casting.
- CNC routers, similar to milling machines. Suitable for soft materials, including making molds for casting gold, silver and other metals.
- CNC laser engraving machines allow you to decorate jewelry with engraving.
- CNC metal lathes (especially special mini lathes). They can be used to cut and engrave any intricate decoration on small metal jewelry.
Technology:
As we said above, working with jewelry on CNC machines can be different:
- It is either manufacturing of wax (or other) molds for casting, where molten metal will be poured in the future and when cooling down will take the given parameters
- Or manufacturing of jewelry directly using special CNC machines.
- Or creating engraving on pre-prepared blanks prepared by jewelers.
One of the options for manufacturing jewelry is to form a wax model using a CNC machine, placing it in a gypsum block, then placing it in a furnace, where the wax evaporates from the thermal effect and remains a mold for pouring metal. Further the product is placed in water, the gypsum shell dissolves and the obtained product remains.
However, this method has a number of disadvantages. A long process, complexity.
In addition, it is worth considering that wax material is soft, plastic, it is easily heated and deformed by the rotating cutter, so it is not very convenient to work with it. You have to choose other suitable materials.
Engraving allows you to apply most often only inscriptions, dates, patterns, is not always suitable for creating complex volumetric decor.
Therefore, the most convenient, of course, to use a CNC machine. The use of special CNC machines that allow you to work with jewelry significantly simplifies and shortens the cycle of work. The advantages of working on CNC machines when creating jewelry are high efficiency, minimization of errors in production, stable results, possibility of serial production of products with complex design and volumetric decorations.
Where to get models?
All that is required to operate a CNC machine is suitable cutters, material and 3d stl models. You can buy a model on our website. Huge assortment, favorable prices. Including a large number of options for the manufacture of all kinds of jewelry - rings, bracelets, rings, earrings, pendants and so on.
See sections:
- 3d models of jewelry
- 3D models of rings and rings
In addition to ready-made models there is always the possibility of making 3d stl files to your order. Just send us sketches and we will prepare a model that meets your requirements and wishes.
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