I have heard of a water jet cutter before but can't imagine how it works...have you got the techy lowdown on it Peter?
I have heard of a water jet cutter before but can't imagine how it works...have you got the techy lowdown on it Peter?
Water jet cutters, as the name suggests, use a fine jet of water to cut computer programmed profiles from sheet metal or plastics.
Water on its own isn't enough to cut metal so it is mixed with an abrasive compound which does the actual cutting. The water is more of a delivery method for the abrasive compound.
GETi, The UK's leading manufacturer of quality Titanium and Black Zirconium rings and laser engraving. www.geti.cc
The Guild of Jewellery Designers www.guildofjewellerydesigners.co.uk
Odissa - Online Jewellery Marketplace www.odissa.co.uk
A very, very high pressure water jet frequently with an abrasive suspended in the stream is blasted at the target. The pressure is in the order of 100x the pressure in a dive cylinder...
Water jet cutter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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I do think there's a market for "domestic" (ish) versions of a lot of the industrial tech that's around; RepRap is an interesting thing, but it's only a small step along the way. A small waterjet cutter with a bed size of say 50x50cm would have a lot of applications around the people I know. These things would only really be for short runs, so I can't see them being a significant threat to the proper manufacturers (not that we have many left in the UK).
Last edited by ps_bond; 09-09-2009 at 09:16 AM.
That is really interesting...thank you both!!
GETi are holding the fort here in the jewellery quarterI can't see them being a significant threat to the proper manufacturers (not that we have many left in the UK)
GETi, The UK's leading manufacturer of quality Titanium and Black Zirconium rings and laser engraving. www.geti.cc
The Guild of Jewellery Designers www.guildofjewellerydesigners.co.uk
Odissa - Online Jewellery Marketplace www.odissa.co.uk
there are plans for homemade CNC mills and laser cutters/etchers and all that sort of thing on Instructables if you can be bothered at all, i keep meaning to but they're massive projects.
it's cheaper but time = money i guess
Hi Carole
I’m looking for an affordable method of getting shapes cut out of 0.4mm silver sheet and I came across this very useful discussion from 2009. Do you mind if I ask you a few questions about using a photoetching service?
How neat is the cut produced by the photoetching process? Do you have to do much filing and papering to tidy it up, or is the cut fairly neat?
Are the edges of the pieces square, or is there an undercut?
Do you still use Chempix and would you still recommend them? If so, I might give them a try.
Best wishes
Nina
www.ninagale.weebly.com
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