Stamping die for cutting silver

[Silverworker]

Hi, I'm interested in a quote for stamping dies to be used in a hydraulic press to cut small charms out of silver sheet. I'm interested in a kind of die that has a holder so that the two parts of the die don't have to be aligned by hand- just want to grab it off the shelf and go. I've attached a picture of some sample charms, they would be about 1cm high and stamped out of 1mm thick silver sheet. Potentially interested in have a number of different dies made. Let me know if you have any questions, thanks!

[Silverworker]

I'd also be grateful for any references to commercial shops that do this kind of work, thanks in advance!

[awerby]

You might ask Dar Shelton about this. He makes a lot of "pancake" dies for jewelry artisans. These have a one-piece design, so alignment isn't an issue. For things like your peace sign, with its interior cut-outs, you'd need two of these, though, so aligning the successive dies correctly would be crucial. Here's his website: Sheltech - Custom Dies and Cutting

Andrew Werby
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[Silverworker]

Can you recommend anyone who makes progressive dies?

[DieGuy]

While I have the skill set to do this work and progressive dies I just don't have the time now to spend doing it. Sorry.