“Currently around 60 per cent of our time is spent on machining components for our own products, with 40 per cent producing items for other companies.”Īnd Edgecam has been the springboard for 17d Miniatures promoting themselves as the ‘go to’ company for individual enthusiasts wanting machined parts. This will be a natural progression for the business, as they already offer a general machining sub contract service for other companies. Partner Tristan Dengate says customers range from private collectors through to commercial operations.Īnd now, after switching to Edgecam in early 2017, they are looking to apply the techniques they use for producing their railway-related models, to manufacture components for model cars, boats, lorries and aircraft. The family-run business is based in 2,500 square foot premises at a converted mill near Matlock in the Derbyshire Peak District. Their locomotives for the 5” gauge are a scale of one-twelfth, at around six feet long, rising to approximately 12 feet for the 10.1/4” gauge.Īll their trains are sit-on, with enthusiasts actually being able to get inside some of the larger ones. And all within a few months of installing the software.ġ7d Miniatures produces a range of scaled working models of locomotives, carriages and wagons, for three miniature railway gauge systems: 5”, 7.1/4” and 10.1/4”. Edgecam is helping a “toys for boys” manufacturer offer an important new service for model-making companies and private enthusiasts.
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