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ynneb
03-15-2005, 08:19 AM
This video may take a few moment to display but is worth the wait.
Only bother to view it if you are on broardband 256 or higher.
Turn your sound on.

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JavaDog
03-15-2005, 08:59 AM
Cool video, got a link to download it?

Too bad those machines are so expensive, and dangerous, because they are too damn cool!
ynneb
03-15-2005, 05:03 PM
Hey Javadog, You will probably have a hard time saving the video since it is a streaming type.
I got it from this site http://www.flowcorp.com/waterjet-resources.cfm?id=335
There is heaps of other videos, and a great read about the whole thing. It is the best site I have seen on the subject
Evodyne
03-16-2005, 09:18 PM
I've got to agree with JavaDog-I want one! Did some work at a bakery in Chicago some years back and they used one (without abrasives) to cut cookies (cooked in a sheet) into wafers. The head tracked the sheet as it moved and cut the pieces out on the fly. It was mezmerizing to watch. And bizarre-the pieces didn't get wet!

Thanks Benny!

Lance :cool:
mattsgarage
04-06-2005, 07:41 PM
Amazing stuff.

I'd hate to see the price though.
ynneb
04-12-2005, 02:09 AM
See here for some nice examples of stuff cut by abrasive waterjet.
http://www.waterjets.org/waterjet_pictures.html

Make sure you check all the pages there.
ynneb
08-30-2005, 09:21 AM
Any one built one yet?
CNCRob
03-03-2006, 06:10 PM
Thats an awsome video.
ZipSnipe
03-03-2006, 06:26 PM
Santa... PLEASE BRING me one for Xmas
WhiteTiger
03-03-2006, 07:32 PM
Any one built one yet?

If anyone does, use loads and loads of safety precautions. I was living in Kent WA back when they were first developing this thing, and I know of at least one gent who was sliced nearly to the bone when a seal let go at a high pressure joint, and he was just standing near the testbed table.

Last time I talked to anyone from flow systems they were working on a water lathe app. Anyone know if they ever got that off the ground?


Tiger