Jewellery & Casting 3D Printing
Formlabs Castable Wax patterns for lost-wax casting — 0.05mm detail. Independent jewellers, bridal commissions, signets and one-offs.
Bicester3D prints high-detail castable patterns for lost-wax jewellery casting — wedding rings, signets and decorative elements that survive the burnout cleanly. We print Formlabs Castable Wax on the Form 4 for direct investment casting, with Clear Cast for stone-placement visualisation and standard resin for try-on prototypes. 0.025mm layers hold filigree, micro-pave settings and engraving. Trade pricing, NDA on commissioned designs.
Studio or workshop running standing orders? Apply for a B3D for Business account.
Volume pricing, NET 30 invoicing, dedicated account contact, repeat-order workflow. Built for jewellers and casting studios commissioning patterns regularly — not one-off pieces.
JEWELLERY & CASTING 3D PRINTING FAQ
Yes — we print Formlabs Castable Wax, a 20% wax-filled resin formulated for investment casting, available directly through our instant quote tool. It burns out cleanly with zero ash in standard burnout schedules, leaving a clean cavity for the metal pour, and Formlabs publishes a full datasheet with recommended burnout schedules you can pass to your caster. We work with independent jewellers, wedding-ring designers and small jewellery studios across the UK.
No — we don't operate metal 3D printers. The standard jewellery workflow is: we print a castable resin pattern, you (or your caster) burn it out and pour metal into the cavity. If you need direct metal printing (DMLS, SLM) we can suggest UK partners we trust, but it's not a service we offer in-house.
0.05mm XY resolution on our Formlabs Form 4, with layer heights down to 0.025mm for the finest pattern detail. That's enough resolution to capture filigree, fine engraving, micro-pave settings and decorative geometry that survives the casting burn-out cleanly.
Yes — a regular request. We print one-off engagement ring patterns, custom bridal commissions, signet patterns and decorative jewellery elements for independent jewellers and small studios across the UK. Trade pricing available for ongoing relationships, NDA on request for commissioned designs.
Either — we offer Custom CAD as a service if you have the design in your head (or on paper) but not in software. Quoted per hour with a written estimate before work begins. Or send a finished STL/STEP and we'll go straight to printing. Most jewellers work in Rhino or Matrix; we accept native files from both.