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With that volume you probably going have a hard time justifying a machine purchase, you would probably be better off having batches done at your local waterjet or laser shop.

Jetedge has some small straight line portable waterjets and diesel 60ksi pumps might want to check them out. Also Omax makes some mobile units if you have access to 3 phase, won't fit in a truck...

2 years to work the bugs out? Man, that seems excessive. What have your problems been if you don't mind me asking?

No doubt, I believe we spent around 10k when we did the power in that building.

There shouldn't be a downside, performance should be about the same. it shouldn't put out anymore heat since its...

Yep, there called step-up transformers. They are all over ebay and similar sites. We built our new shop with 600a of 480 so we either sold it or its sitting in a deep dark corner somewhere. It was...

Our original shop we were in only had 208 3 phase. We just wound up using a transformer to bump it up to 480. It was around $1,000 if I remember correctly.

I was wondering if anyone has one of these or works with one and what their impressions are as far as reliability, speed, ease of use, etc. I am looking at a 1030 with a shuttle table to supplement...

We use an excavator like shamusmtb, we rent one though. Usually takes about 3-4 hr to do a 80"x160" filled to the brim. We've shoveled before, if you have more then 8-10k in there its not very fun.

I would check the abrasive mixing chamber and the inside of the cutting head for wear. I know when the mixing chamber on our omax heads is worn it chews through mixing tubes quite quickly. I would...

We have had a OMAX 80160 with a 3050v pump for almost 6 years now. The only advantage you are going to have with the newer pump is a marginal increase in cut speed. I wouldn't bother to up grade...

Esab has been making a plasma/waterjet and oxy/waterjet combo machines for a few years now. I also thought they had a patent on it, their waterjet machine is also called hydrocut.

We've cut several different plastics on our waterjet. UHMW, Polycarb, Acrylic, nylon, acetal, delrin, and a few other odd balls with good results. The only problems I see is the parts are small and...

I'll probably just use the F5 on the stainless since its fine to use on a water table, and I'll adjust the conditions a bit and try it on the thin alum when the machine arrives. I'll probably put a...

So N2/N2 is apparently not the way to go with alum, I figured that nitrogen would provide a better cut but that seems to not be the case. Basically I needed a process for thin alum with a weld ready...

I've got a machine with a HPR400XD coming in the next couple of months, but I would like to make some cut conditions that don't show up on the factory cut charts. I would like to make a 45a N2/N2,...

Wardjet use to make a retrofit kits for plasma/oxyfuel tables and mills. Not sure if they still make them or not.

I am looking into making a zoned and ducted downdraft about 11'x20'. I'll probably go with pneumatic actuators for the zone doors. I plan on running 16"x24" zone doors (too small?) in 5'x11' zones,...

90ipm for a decent cut edge on the low side of pump power (30hp). Bigger pumps would be faster.

Jim,
I agree completely, the only things that matter are how much the part costs and how fast you can make them. I only used the hourly rate as a comparison to the hourly rate you originally...

First I would like to say I have a lot of respect for Jim Colt, I've read his articles in the fabricator, and not everyone representing a large company like Hypertherm would come into a web forum and...