Tile? Hm....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Og6cTlwBTrk&list=PL8HAkqKX065D0qamyXYNbp1zxfgv8wUPM
On Fri, Nov 18, 2016 at 5:25 PM, Andrew C. <soshumasamune@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
J. Eric is right. Waterjets use powdered garnet abrasive forced through an
industrial sapphire nozzle to cut. Techshop's is a full size waterjet that
can probably cut 6" thick mild steel. We are talking cut through damn near
anything strength.
Thie media gets broken down in cutting and cant be reused. The cost and
useage anounts of media ate listed on this desktop one's page. Its well
documented. 3/16" thick mild steel is its max. Thats enough for beefy knife
blanks. You will not do more than than in serious metal, so its use is
limited.
Id say at the thicknesses it can do, the real award goes for tile and
ceramics cutting.
Its very impressive, but for me, most of the stuff that warrants being made
on a waterjet would be much heftier than this thing can handle. Itd be good
for making custom metal project enclosures, custom knives, and mosaic tile
inlays. Things such as swords and big stuff, not so much. But still really
useful.
-Andrew
On Friday, November 18, 2016, j. eric townsend <jet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 11/18/16 13:24, Steven Owens wrote:
I'd love to have one of these to play with, but...
All I know about water jet cutters (besides cool videos) is talking to
friends at techshop. According to what I've been told, the techshop
water cutter is extremely expensive to operate due to water costs,
It's not the water, it's the cutting media *in* the water that cannot be
reused.
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