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Title: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: smiffy on September 19, 2016, 04:26:52 AM

https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/12/wazer-good-idea/      At the price mentioned this could revolutionise the home workshop

Title: Re: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: Joules on September 19, 2016, 06:16:39 AM

Apt name for something that can piss all over the place.

Title: Re: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: awemawson on September 19, 2016, 06:59:08 AM

On another forum it was reckoned it used masses of abrasive so would be cheaper to farm jobs out  :(

Title: Re: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: Joules on September 19, 2016, 07:41:03 AM

I calculated about $20 an hour in abrasive alone for a 1.5mm kerf.  No service life figures for nozzle and pump etc so hard to get a real cost of ownership.

Shame, as I like the concept.

Title: Re: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: smiffy on September 19, 2016, 07:47:15 AM

I am sure it will  improve  with further development  and I can see its uses . Just look at how 3D printing has improved and become available at a reasonable cost

Title: Re: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: PekkaNF on September 19, 2016, 08:18:00 AM

To me water jet cutter would be far more interesting than any 3D printer. Real water jet cutters are expensive to buy and own. Cheaper alternative would be very nice.

3D printer I might get if there is one on that produces lost wax type patterns for investment casting. Total cost should be  reasonably low.

Pekka

Title: Re: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: NeoTech on September 21, 2016, 07:19:13 AM

And here you can buy it. =)

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1294137530/the-first-desktop-waterjet-cutter

Title: Re: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: PK on September 21, 2016, 05:40:26 PM

Quote from: PekkaNF on September 19, 2016, 08:18:00 AM

3D printer I might get if there is one on that produces lost wax type patterns for investment casting. Total cost should be  reasonably low.

All the SLA printers will do that.

Title: Re: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: BillTodd on September 25, 2016, 04:25:16 PM

interesting.  the waterjet at the works has a 10kW motor and a 3800bar pump it'll cut 4" steel but is not the quickest thing you'll ever see. I wonder just how useful this little thing really is????

Title: Re: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: Will_D on September 25, 2016, 05:44:10 PM

Quote from: awemawson on September 19, 2016, 06:59:08 AM

On another forum it was reckoned it used masses of abrasive so would be cheaper to farm jobs out  :(

Aren't the abrasives re-usable? [to some extent?]

Title: Re: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: BillTodd on September 26, 2016, 01:59:10 PM

"Aren't the abrasives re-usable? [to some extent?]"

Not on the commercial systems. The garnet is blo wn onto the nozzles dry or it would just clog.

Believe it or not, the water does most of the cutting , the garnet helps the keep the cutting face rough so the water can do its job.

Title: Re: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: howsitwork? on October 21, 2016, 04:46:49 PM

Thanks for that Bill

I always wondered which had more effect.

Regards Ian

Title: Re: The next must have for the workshop
Post by: RotarySMP on October 25, 2016, 07:27:24 AM

"...it'll cut 4" steel but is not the quickest thing you'll ever see..."

You haven't seen me cut 4" steel with my hacksaw. I'd be skiving off for a break every 3 minutes. Your water jet must be fantastic.
Mark