Anybody know a Water Jet cutter?

Hrogn · Post by **Hrogn** » Fri Sep 30, 2005 10:43 am

I am looking for a company that will do waterjet cutting on a scale of $2-5000 custom orders. Anybody know of a company that would be interested in orders of that size? States or Canada, either is fine. Actually I guess I really don't care where in the world they are as long as they are reliable and do quality work. Thanks.

Hrogn

Jack Slayde · Post by **Jack Slayde** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 1:33 am

try emachineshop.com. haven't used them myself, but have heard good things

jack

polarbearforge · Post by **polarbearforge** » Sun Oct 02, 2005 10:22 am

Theres a new company in town here that does watercutting. They're at http://www.a1jet.com/. I have no affiliation. The things I've heard so far are good.

Jamie

The Oldcelt · Post by **The Oldcelt** » Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:10 am

I was machinist for many years....my advice would be to contact machine shops in your area and ask them to recommend a place close. Since the cost would be a lot you really want to be able to check out the shop and be able to see a sample before they do a bunch of them for you....

Also.....you could do a net search for them in your area....

losthelm · Post by **losthelm** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 6:15 am

depending on the project other cutting methods may work as well.

where I started armouring there was not a water jet to be found.

cnc plasma and laser cutting tables where easyer to come buy and did a fair job of cutting.

the cnc torch cutting worked well also but the clean up can be a bit more.

what kind of project are you going for?

Hrogn · Post by **Hrogn** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 10:43 am

losthelm wrote:depending on the project other cutting methods may work as well.

where I started armouring there was not a water jet to be found.

cnc plasma and laser cutting tables where easyer to come buy and did a fair job of cutting.

the cnc torch cutting worked well also but the clean up can be a bit more.

what kind of project are you going for?

Titanium Lamellar.

E-machine shop was a cool site but crazy expensive. I entered the plate I was trying to get them to make and the computer quoted the price. Ti wasn't an option so I picked 22G Stainless. A little over $4.00 per plate. I imagine Ti would be more. Not even close to reasonable.

I tried contacting local shops before posting here. There in only one waterjet company near where I live. I sent them a CAD drawing and a request for them to quote on making 50,000. No response. As a personal policy, if I don't get good communication right away, I discard the company. I find that is a good way to prevent getting screwed down the road.

I think waterjet is the way to go here. Ti is sensitive to heat and I don't believe lasers are very good for it. I want another income, not another job so the idea of de-burring 50,000 plates instantly rules out punching them. I will continue to search online and see what else I can find.

Thanks,
Hrogn

Cet · Post by **Cet** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:29 am

Duke Balfar works at a waterjet place out here and they do a lot of titanium. I'll get some contact info for you if you don't mind having to ship across country.

Hrogn · Post by **Hrogn** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:39 am

Cet wrote:Duke Balfar works at a waterjet place out here and they do a lot of titanium. I'll get some contact info for you if you don't mind having to ship across country.

sounds great. Thanks a lot.

Cet · Post by **Cet** » Sat Oct 08, 2005 9:58 pm

Hrogn,

Send me an e-mail to remind me. I'll probably see him next Sat.
cheers

Cet

Christophe de Frisselle · Sun Oct 09, 2005 12:11 am

Where are you getting the Ti?

There is Titanium Joe in Los Angeles, CA and DC WaterJet in Las Vagas, NV. The look to have some kind of arrangement in recommending each other.