Anyone Have Access to a Laser or Water Jet?

Was by SendCutSend the other day, here is their business card and/or cut out on the side for measuring material thickness, pretty cool!
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I don't work for them, just a neighbor. You would have to ask.
 
If I'm not mistaken I believe a laser can cut pretty much anything. I used to work for a manufacturing facility had a laser and they cut 3/4" plywood once. It took longer to pierce through than sheet metal and it made a lot of smoke but after the beam was through it cut pretty quick and clean. 1/4" plastic shouldn't be a problem for most laser machines.

SendCutSend has a provision for cutting customer supplied materials, but you have to call them to discuss it.
 
Thanks for sharing this! I will try them. Hey, what is the crazy square tube thingy welded at right angles?
Robert
 
Too bad they don't handle plywood. I've been searching for a laser place willing to cut parts for my wooden gear clock. Minimum prices so far have averaged around $550, too much for me. The problem with plywood is how it splinters. Even a CNC router makes a mess, and with hundreds of woode gear teeth to sand and clean up, it's too much work.
 
kb58 said:
Too bad they don't handle plywood. I've been searching for a laser place willing to cut parts for my wooden gear clock. Minimum prices so far have averaged around $550, too much for me. The problem with plywood is how it splinters. Even a CNC router makes a mess, and with hundreds of woode gear teeth to sand and clean up, it's too much work.
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Hey man, try Etsy.com for that project. There's companies all over Etsy that will cut craft type materials like acrylic sheet, plywood, MDF, card stock, etc. I got a quote for some 1/8" acrylic cutting once from one of the companies on Etsy. It was a small part about 4 square inches and they wanted something like $20 for the first one and a little less for each additional part. Or something like that anyway.

Got to Etsy.com and search "Laser cut service" A bunch of companies/users pop up.
 
rwm said:
Thanks for sharing this! I will try them. Hey, what is the crazy square tube thingy welded at right angles?
Robert
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That's me trying to replicate this thing...

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I recently bought a small bench top horizontal band saw from HE&M. It has the provision to use it as a small vertical saw with the purchase of an additional accessory. The accessory clamps into the saw's vise and has an aluminum plate for a table.

I didn't want to pay $140 for that but I liked the idea of being able to make small free hand cuts on a vertical saw, so I set out on making my own. Got an aluminum plate form eBay, 16" x 16" x 1/4" for around $40 and the tube is a leftover from some job we did at work years ago.

So far I'm in the black! But it's not done yet...
 
I built an entire car from scratch, using a Harbor Freight 4 x 6 band saw for much of the cutting. I found that by the end of the project, I had used it in the upright position about 98% of the time, so much so that after it had worn out, I bought a "real" band saw and don't regret it.
 
Right on. I thought it would be nice for cutting plates and such that you can’t clamp in the vise.

by the way @kb58, did you see the previous post about Etsy for your clock project? It might be worth a look.
 
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