In this article we explore two possible ways of creating a single piece of pendant jewelry. In the first method the pendant can be machined directly on a metal stock using a combination of 2½ and 3 Axis toolpath methods. For higher volume production, single or multi-cavity injection mold plates can be machined. The resulting mold cavities can be used to produce what is called a “positive master wax model”. The positive master wax model is then used to produce the final pendant using an investment casting process.
In this article we explore two possible ways of creating a single piece of pendant jewelry. In the first method the pendant can be machined directly on a metal stock using a combination of 2½ and 3 Axis toolpath methods. For higher volume production, single or multi-cavity injection mold plates can be machined. The resulting mold cavities can be used to produce what is called a “positive master wax model”. The positive master wax model is then used to produce the final pendant using an investment casting process.