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cut the parts tonight. water jet is sweet!
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18-01-2007 23:06
Brandon Holley
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i hate you
ive been machining my $@#$@#$@# off for 2 weeks and im not nearly that far
18-01-2007 23:10
Cody Carey
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Wow, that is nice. We just got our parts back from one of our sponsors, too. They were laser cut, but some of the cuts failed to go all the way through the .20 aluminum plate. We had to finish the cutting with a jig-saw.
I wish they had a water-jet 
18-01-2007 23:15
redbarron
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Awesome!! How are you assembling all that? Welding? and how long did that take? Nice job
19-01-2007 00:23
Tytus Gerrish
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the cutting time was 2 hours and 49 minutes
19-01-2007 00:26
ChuckDickerson
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How much does that pile weigh just out of curiosity?
19-01-2007 01:14
Tytus Gerrish
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Originally Posted by redbarron
Are you welding that together?
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19-01-2007 01:55
Guy Davidson
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Nice, very very nice. We have access to a lsaer jet we use to cut acryllic and lexan for prototypes and parts when needed, but we mill, lathe, cut and burn the rest of the parts.
-Guy
19-01-2007 02:52
edthegeek
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I wish we had a waterjet. We sent our stuff to be machined last weekend and its gonna take about 1.5 weeks to get every part back.
19-01-2007 11:09
underwood
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In the immortal words of Borat Sadjeaved:
Naice.
19-01-2007 20:12
Kellen Hill
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I wish we had a Waterjet just to make our robot look better, but our teams manufactures every single part that we use which can take a shorter or longer time to do things but it's nice.
19-01-2007 23:57
mizscience
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Very nice. One can never go wrong with a waterjet cutter.
well, actually, one can, but that's another story, lol
20-01-2007 00:14
windup zeppelin
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hope you end up with a clean beauty of a robot.
20-01-2007 00:36
Cody Carey
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All those parts are sitting atop a schematic of the base... I didn't even notice that before.
20-01-2007 02:39
JamesByrne
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I do want a water jet also, those parts look pro. they are clean, i am jealous.
20-01-2007 13:42
TriggsJr
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Laser would only take about 30 minutes to cut all that, and it would not have any draft. But, you would have to deburr.
Nice job looks like you have a lot of welding to do. maybe think about using 3/16 pop rivets in your design next time with an air rivet gun.
Bend flanges on the parts to rivet into.
The welding will weaken the aluminum by taking the hardeness down to T Zero at welds unless you have the frame reaged.
22-01-2007 16:57
Kingofl337
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Don't eat to much of the paste. Even though it tastes good.
22-01-2007 17:03
Madison
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Originally Posted by TriggsJr
Laser would only take about 30 minutes to cut all that, and it would not have any draft. But, you would have to deburr.
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We've had a lot of 'fun' trying to tweak our plasma cutter to produce as little dross and draft as possible. We're getting better at it, but it's still frustrating.
22-01-2007 17:23
Tytus Gerrish
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Originally Posted by M. Krass
My understanding is that some fancy water cutting machines angle the nozzle to compensate for the draft angle. At the very least, that may not be a concern.
We've had a lot of 'fun' trying to tweak our plasma cutter to produce as little dross and draft as possible. We're getting better at it, but it's still frustrating. |
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