Laser Cutting
Laser cutting is where digital precision meets the jeweller's bench. The specialists listed here cut and mark precious metal sheet, mainly gold and silver, with platinum handled for selected work, following a design file exactly so the result is repeatable down to fractions of a millimetre. A high-energy beam melts the metal along the cut line, and an assist gas clears the molten material as it goes.
One-off pieces and repeat batches
It suits two quite different jobs. On one hand, individual commissions: name pendants, initials, bespoke shapes drawn to your own brief. On the other, repeat batches where every blank, tag or component has to come out identical, which hand methods struggle to match. Because the process is file-driven, a design proven once can be run again later with no drift in sizing.
Most of these benches offer laser engraving alongside the cutting. That covers inside and outside marking on engagement rings and wedding rings, pattern work on bands, and the technical layout marks that support setting and drilling. Flat-surface engraving is common too, on pendants, lockets, cufflinks, keyrings and plaques, with some specialists able to reproduce fingerprints, monograms or portrait imagery where the source image is good enough. Browse the listings below and discuss your file or design with a specialist before committing to a batch.
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