Welding at the Bench
Ring sizing, chain links, prong tips and broken findings are joined under the microscope, in the same spot where you already hold the piece — no walk to a separate welding station.
A single desktop unit that welds, cuts and marks at the same station — sized for a jeweler's bench, air-cooled, and worked under a binocular microscope.
Each function is described here by what it removes from your bench, not by numbers on a datasheet.
Ring sizing, chain links, prong tips and broken findings are joined under the microscope, in the same spot where you already hold the piece — no walk to a separate welding station.
Sprues, tight links and excess stock are cut in the same working area, so the piece is not unclamped and carried to another machine between two steps of the same job.
Hallmarks, initials and inventory codes are applied on the same table where the piece was finished, which keeps identification work inside the job instead of sending it out.
"Three machines in one" is the easiest sentence to write and the hardest to defend. So here is the whole argument, including the part where it stops being true.
A jeweler rarely lacks a way to join metal. What is missing is surface and movement. Three separate devices mean three places to stand, three fixtures to re-learn and three areas of the bench you can no longer put a tray on. The constraint is the room around your hands.
All three functions use the same optical path and the same open work area, so the piece is positioned once, under one binocular microscope. Operations are selected on the integrated display rather than at another machine. The air-cooled architecture removes the external water tank that normally decides where a laser has to live.
There is no single number that proves consolidation. Use these checks instead — they are answerable at your workbench today.
The M3 does not replace every specialized machine for every application, and we will not tell you it does. Consolidation pays off in repair and small-batch bench work. Past that line, purpose-built equipment is still the right tool:
If your work sits near one of those lines, send it to us before you buy. An honest "that one is not for the M3" costs you nothing today and saves a machine that sits idle later. See the full M3 breakdown
Find the bench that looks like yours, then check the detail page for that kind of work.
Sizing, retipping, chain and clasp repair arrive in small quantities and leave the same week. One station keeps a job from queueing behind a second machine.
Repair shop setupFine joints under magnification, close to solder seams and settings, where the value of the piece rests on how precisely the heat is placed.
Bench jeweler usePrototype, adjust and mark a one-off in the same session, so an idea does not wait on outside services between two steps of the same design.
Studio workflowSmall precision workshops where every added device has to justify its footprint, and where a chiller under the bench is simply not an option.
Footprint detailRoughly 300 × 340 × 320 mm, air-cooled, nothing to plumb in — it takes a corner of the bench, not a corner of the room.
See the bench footprintTwo routes into the detail: the repair operations themselves, and the metals they are performed on.
Sizing, chain and clasp work, prong and retipping jobs, findings and hollow-piece repairs — the operations that make up most of a repair bench's week.
Repair applications in detailValidated on these precious metals. Stone-set pieces are assessed first: gem species, treatments, setting structure, distance from the work zone and heat sensitivity all change the answer.
Precious metal weldingGive us the piece you are unsure about — the thin shank, the set stone, the awkward joint — and we will run it, not describe it.
A laser is a new habit, not only a new device. Plan for the learning curve — it is real, and it is short-lived with practice.
Guided setup and first joints on scrap stock before you touch a customer's piece. Expect practice time before the results feel routine.
Training programmeSend photos of the joint and the setup when a job behaves unexpectedly, and work through the approach with someone who has seen it before.
How support worksStarting parameters for the metals you work with, plus consumable and spare part supply, so an ordinary wear item does not stop the bench.
Support detailsThe more precisely you describe the work, the more useful the answer. Configuration guidance comes back with the quote.
Prefer email? Write to [email protected] and describe the bench you are equipping.
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