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The name on the body is a bit of a giveaway.
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True.The name on the body is a bit of a giveaway.
It’s a Protomax waterjet cutter
Lovely little thing
12”x12”x1” capacity
Fully self contained and perfect for the small scale stuff we’ll cut on it.
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Very nice indeed.
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I think that's the same one my uni had, I never used it myself but my friend's had some steel bits chopped out on it, very impressive bit of kit for the footprint.
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waterjet cutting? Electrolytic etching would be a big deal.
It’s the fact it is self contained and you can have it in a clean workshop without water going everywhere.
I’d love an industrial one or a laser but they take up a lot of real estate.
This fits in 3’ square floor space essentially
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Laser?
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Impressive stuff! 
Onoff
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Very nice. What's the accuracy & capacity?
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For those that are wondering:
www.omax.com
ProtoMAX Abrasive Waterjet
Designed and built alongside the revolutionary OMAX waterjets, The ProtoMAX water jet cutter is a compact, self-contained cutting system ideally suited for prototyping and low-volume cutting of almost any material approximately 1" thick.
Now I know how the dog feels when I'm eating a banana and he's droolingFor those that are wondering:
ProtoMAX Abrasive Waterjet
Designed and built alongside the revolutionary OMAX waterjets, The ProtoMAX water jet cutter is a compact, self-contained cutting system ideally suited for prototyping and low-volume cutting of almost any material approximately 1" thick.
Looks a great piece of equipment.
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I meant the thickness!
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I assume reassuringly expensive?
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In theory there's no limit to how thick you can water jet, 1" is what will fit under the nozzle but the same equipment could cut thicker, you just have to slow the travel speed. The jet of water will spread out the further it gets from the nozzle so really thick parts have quite significant taper. The bigger capacity machines tilt the nozzle to account for the taper of the kerf.
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Finished the ply and facias today
the roofer was good and came after 4.00pm and blacked it out so at least it's now water tight . He can come back when he can and felt it
I'm just happy the waters not p***ing in .Got a shed load of tidying and a few bits to finishing but I'll have a bit more floor space now I can get of all the buckets
the roofer was good and came after 4.00pm and blacked it out so at least it's now water tight . He can come back when he can and felt it
I'm just happy the waters not p***ing in .Got a shed load of tidying and a few bits to finishing but I'll have a bit more floor space now I can get of all the buckets
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