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🔧 Technical Going on a welding journey.....
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This one is a 3kw fiber laser. It can do up to 5" round tube...I believe it can cut 1/2" thick mild steel.
greasy bro.... check this out!
Forgive the video, it just started running. Still getting it all set up
Dude that is awesome!
Also I need you to cut some plates for me very soon, I’ve been procrastinating. I’ll need to send you the drawings.
20 footers. Up to 5" diameter tubes...which we never really do.vwe just did 4" round 11ga and that was an anomaly
I am all good Shane, thanks though!!!
Dude I wish, part of it is me being lazy, part of it is it makes a HUGE FUCKING MESS in the garage, and part is me being crazy ass busy with work. I would rather spend my free time doing other shit.
I still need to design/make a rear brace for
WhiteKnuckleScat. Need someone who can cut out plates to my specs. Also need to design/fabricate a front strut brace which will need the plates.How about you? I think I read somewhere here you are picking up a TIG machine.
Dude I wish, part of it is me being lazy, part of it is it makes a HUGE FUCKING MESS in the garage, and part is me being crazy ass busy with work. I would rather spend my free time doing other shit.
I still need to design/make a rear brace for
How about you? I think I read somewhere here you are picking up a TIG machine.
I get ya man, especially with it being summer, hot as balls and lots of other shit going on.
The mess does get old too, metal shavings everywhere gets really old.
Yeah I picked up a Synchrowave 210 over the weekend. I had outgrown my Maxstar 140 scratch start machine.
I'm going to build a welding table, then once that's done I'm going to build new exhaust for my C10 out of 304 SS.
I still need to design/make a rear brace for
How about you? I think I read somewhere here you are picking up a TIG machine.
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Dude this is awesome, thanks!!!!
They do a lot of cool stuff. Or I should say make parts for people who do cool stuff. Pretty affordable too. I ran across them on the gram.
Waterjet cuts are a little easier to weld. From my experience, laser cut edges can need some extra cleaning and prep work. There may be some oxidation and scale or slag from the laser process. Nothing a flapper disc on an angle grinder can't fix. If the edges are going to be milled, shaped, or you're tapping laser cut holes, the edges will be hardened slightly. Nothing more than a slight inconvenience, but it's annoying if you're used to working with waterjet cut material.
Waterjet edge quality depends on the operator and the quality they select. I believe it's between 1 and 5 plus of course there are speeds and pressure that matter. They can leave a very very abrasive edge and likely need to be cleaned before welded (regardless of the process, laser, water jet, plasma etc)
I've seen laser that is cut beautifully and some that is cut like shit too. I've seen my little cnc plasma cut better than some laser. Some places just cut as fast as possible and don't care.
With laser or plasma there is a nitride layer that is formed which hardens the edge, it's also really thin. Like he said though nothing a flap disc can't clean up.
I used sendcutsend on one project and it was fast turn around time but wasn't overly in love with the quality however it was also like 26g.
Also any holes on laser or plasma will have a taper.
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