why the hell does laser never seem to make round holes?
something like that from 3/16ths ss would be 2-3 minutes in my beatup 1996 Omax 50kpsi but i run at 45 cause she's cranky
the newer 60kpsi machine can probably swing 1.5 minutes.
this was a damn good thread idea
This is the dxf of the newest revision to the Ford Mustang centrifugal on a Grand Pricks mount.
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I would LOVE to own that small 2'x2' Omax. I hear they are bit messy. I really considered the wazer when it was first coming out, but now they doubled the price after the first year and if you dont buy it brand new they won't support you. The cut times are incredibly slow, so slow I'd lose money. I remember the aluminum bike sprocket they cut out in their commercial looked good until you did the math and realized that it cost $30 of garnet (I think thats what they call it)
I've seen some laser stuff spot on and some like shit. Same with any operator, depends on how fast you want to cut and how detailed you want to get. One of my old customers got a laser and does killer work. he also got a CNC brake press too. So if you guys need laser work drop him a line. I think this is his old site but he checks it still
http://engineering-awesome.com
So that was 52sec at 75ipm at 45amps which is kind of my safe speed. I probably could of gotten it quicker like 45seconds but I don't care about cut time. I dont like clean up. So any chance I can ship something right off the table I'm all about it. The 3/16 cuts the best. 1/4 is hit or miss and 1/8 has a bit of dross sometimes. My plasma should be able to do 1/2 pretty well but I've never been able to do it, hell 3/8 cuts like shit and I don't know why. Maybe it's just tired too. I didn't even bother nesting these parts. I cut one to see how it did, jogged it over, started again, rinse repeat. took more time to tape up the box and print out the label.
I had a customer who bought a shit ton of brackets similar to these from me. I gave them to him dirt cheap like $6-8 each (before prices went through the roof so like 3-4 years ago) then one day he disappeared and found a water jet guy. These big companies make parts cheaper than I can buy material for, it sucks. The markup on metal is ridiculous
Local high school kid wanted a gear cut for his robotics class project but didn't have funds. laser company would of spit it out for $65, my cost on the material alone was $96.
