West 1 Castings ltd is based in famous London's jewellery quarter, Hatton Garden and specialises in casting precious and non-precious metals. The company was founded in 1987. West 1 Castings has become a permanent landmark of the London goldsmithing landscape, collaborating with numerous Clients in the sector. Our presence on the market is the result of continuous improvements to remain at the forefront of precious metal casters.
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Pouring molten brass into flask
Melting brass sprues
Surgical retractor (or Tiny Fork)
This tiny guy is attached to the table and helps our mould cutters to hold and stretch the rubber while they’re cutting your moulds. We need to appreciate all the small things that help us in everyday life.
Crucible filled up with molten brass
Chopping silver castings of the main sprue
Yasui VCC (Vacuum Centrifugal Casting) Machine for Platinum
The only | Yoshida YGP 5AE | casting machine in the UK
Yoshida YGP 5AE
Furnace full of platinum flasks
Temperature in this furnace is usually kept at around 900 degrees (reason why the flasks are so red). Did you know that Spanish word “platino” means “little silver”?
Hot can dunking
Quality checking and trimming silver castings
In folklore, silver was commonly thought to have mystic powers: for example, a bullet cast from silver is often supposed in such folklore the only weapon that is effective against a werewolf, witch, or other monsters.
Quality checking and trimming silver castings
Upstairs workshop - quiet afternoon
Many bronze statues or parts of statues in antiquity were cast using the lost wax process. Theodorus of Samos is commonly associated with bronze casting. Pliny also mentions the use of lead, which is known to help molten bronze flow into all areas and parts of complex moulds .
Those wax models belong to https://www.instagram.com/crazypigdesignslondon/
Bead blasting brass tree
Silver castings of tiny hands
Few silver castings for www.instagram.com/jeromins.factory