I haven’t seen an mpcnc waterjet yet. When I can’t sleep I hit up YouTube to either entertain or put me to sleep.
This channel made a DIY waterjet and the most expensive part was a $150 pressure washer. I certainly don’t have the time to mate an mpcnc to this DIY system, but I thought someone else might enjoy this idea.
I would love to cut steel sheets if I ever make it back to kitchen knife grinding.
That seems awesome. There was a topic here a while ago and someone pointed out that the waterjet can push water and sand into your bloodstream. That’s terrifying enough for me to skip it.
Sure, and lasers can burn out your eyes, but that doesn’t stop people. Just don’t stick your hand in the path of a pressure water spray, or laser, or compressed air, or router bits…
The part I remember from that first thread is price. With a non commercial sized pump / pressure multiplier takes a lot longer to cut and the media is non reusable.
List of time and cost
The cuts are fantastic and can do things I don’t think we could do with a CNC but cut time might even take a bit longer, and I think costs more.