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What We Do

Pledge & Aldworth Engine Turners are the ONLY complete engine turning service in the world, able to offer all types of engine turning including 3D Low Relief CAD/CAM.

Mode of Trading

Manufacturers send us partly produced goods; we work on them by engraving designs on the surface and return them for finishing to the customer.

We are a service provider to manufacturers and craftsmen working mainly in gold and silver for the luxury goods and related industries.

Industries we supply include:
Gold and Silversmithing at all levels from production to Objets d'Art
Manufacturers of Pens and Writing Instruments
Jewellery and allied
Horological including Watch and Clock manufacturers plus specialist dial makers
Leather goods - Fittings for luggage etc
Fashion - belt buckles and many other accessories
Furniture Makers - Fittings and mounts
Fitters of Luxury Yachts, Aeroplanes and Cars
Architectural and Interior Decorators - Luxury Fittings including door plates
Security Printing - Bank notes and stamps

Broad Category:

Supplier providing a service to Manufacturers of jewellery, clocks, watches, pens, lighters, giftware and various allied trades, mostly, but not only, luxury goods of all descriptions.

Exact Category:

"ENGINE TURNERS"

Please Note: We will most probably be the only entry in our exact category! If you have categories for other suppliers to the jewellery and allied trades such as Casters, Enamellers, Engravers, Polishers, Setters etc. then you should have one for Engine Turners. There are slightly more engine turners in the world than legally registered Ivory Dealers, which you should also have a category for. Just because you may never have heard of engine turning and there are only a few engine turners, that is not a professional excuse for leaving the category out of your classified list or directory!

DESCRIPTIONS AND DICTIONARY DEFINITIONS FOR WEBMASTERS AND REFERENCE BOOK AUTHORS

Business Descriptions in different lengths

12 Words:
World's most comprehensive Engine Turning Service, All types of work including CAD/CAM.
103 Words:
Pledge & Aldworth Engine Turners are able to do every type of engine turning that has ever been done, as well as many things no other firm in the world can do, particularly where 3D curved surfaces are involved. If you've seen it, they can do it - at least as well and usually better than any other firm.
 
The firm offer the world's most complete engine turning service to the gold, silver, horological and allied trades on all types of work from fashion jewellery to the most prestigious pieces made.
 
Quantities handled are from one off to CAD/CAM volume production in thousands.
9 + 40 + 21 + 16 Words:
The worlds leading and most comprehensive engine turning service.
 
All types of work from the very finest quality objets d'art worth millions to matching an odd pair of brass cufflinks, including Complex 3D Surfaces of all types. All quantities handled from one-offs to volume precision CAD/CAM production.
 
We treat engine turning as a DESIGN MEDIUM for metal surfaces. Send us your designers and we will open their eyes!
 
We are well known for taking on jobs that other firms around the world cannot do!

SHORT Dictionary Definitions in different Lengths:

Dictionary Definition of Engine Turning, 7 Words:
A mechanical surface decoration process for metal.
Dictionary Definition of Engine Turning, 12 Words:
A process of machine-engraving lines on metal to generate decorative patterns.
Dictionary Definition of Engine Turning, 20 Words:
A process of machine-engraving lines on metal using a fixed cutting tool and moving workpiece to generate decorative patterns.

Encyclopaedia Descriptions in different Lengths:

Encyclopaedia Description in 115 Words:
Engine Turning, (in French: Guilloché, German: Guillocheren) is a kind of machine engraving of patterns and designs on (mostly) metal surfaces, either flat or curved in 3D. It was used extensively by Fabergé in the late 19th and early 20th centuries on gold and silverware, and is typically seen today on pens, lighters and cufflinks. The workpiece is set on a machine derived from the lathe and moved in a circular or linear direction against a fixed cutting tool. The movement can be wavy, and the cutting of wavy lines is characteristic of the process. For a full description see The Illustrated Engine Turning Reference which is the only comprehensive reference work on the subject.
Encyclopaedia Description of Engine Turning, 133 Words:
Engine Turning, in French: "Guilloché", is really a branch of what the English call Ornamental or Complex Turning. It is a process in which a (generally) metal work piece is moved mechanically against a fixed tool to cut a series of uniformly defined lines. It is rather like engraving with a ruler, or technical drawing on metal, though it does not look like technical drawing, rather a decorative surface which reflects light in an interesting way and has a tactile value as well.
 
The process is commonly used on precious metal goods when applied directly as it is not a fast process though by engine turning dies and reproducing the pattern it can be applied to all types of products.
 
For full information use The Illustrated Engine Turning Reference written by David Pledge.

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