Could do it with a laser as well. Can do small or large jobs. Vern ----- Original Message ----- From: Matt Redmond To: Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 6:41 AM Subject: Re: [AD]: (will be) Small CNC mill, controller and software for $ 500 > It does when you have a pivoting head under CNC control. You input your > material thickness and the software uses speed/direction information to > correct for the bevel. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: pic microcontroller discussion list [mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On > Behalf Of Martin Klingensmith > Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 8:36 AM > To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU > Subject: Re: [AD]: (will be) Small CNC mill, controller and software for $ > 500 > > Matt Redmond wrote: > > Water/abrasive jet!!! If you've got a spare $50-100 grand . Those are > > the coolest machines I've ever seen. > > > > Water leaves the tip at mach 3 and will slice right through 1" steel. > Kerf > > width is extremely narrow, typically .5mm or something like that. > > > > It doesn't cut a straight vertical line through the material unfortunately. > > -- > -- > Martin Klingensmith > http://infoarchive.net/ > http://nnytech.net/ > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different > ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details. > -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.