[Jewelry making - Article 01106] - Re: [Orchid] High pressure water jets cutting

[James Binnion]

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>>    Has anyone an idea if there is a small laser or water jet cutter
>>    available on the market. 

>     Yes, small laser cutters are available, but they are pretty
>     expensive. Easily 10K by the time you add accessories. 

    You will not find a metal cutting laser for 10K, you can't even find
    a metal welding laser for that cheap. There are laser cutters used
    on plastics, wood rubber etc that are relatively inexpensive, but not
    for metal. Cutting metal requires output power in the thousands of
    watts and that kind of power does not come cheap much closer to
    $100,000 or more. 

James Binnion
jbin AT mokume-gane.com
James Binnion Metal Arts
http://www.mokume-gane.com
360-756-6550
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