[TheForge] waterjet, abrasive waterjet, and wire edm.

[Demon Buddha]

On Mar 7, 2006, at 6:54 PM, terry l. ridder wrote:
> 
>> hello;

>> would wire edm be a viable alternative to using plasma or abrasive
>> waterjet cutting?

	Not cost effective unless you need high tolerances.  Wire EDM is SLOW. 
  Time is money, therefore...
>>
>> i would rather have a nice square cut at slow speed than a somewhat
>> square cut that needs additional work.	

	Waterjet is going to do a generally finer job than plasma, but it still 
may not be enough.  In that case, EDM mught be the way to go, but it's 
going to cost you.  I was pricing out a job for Ziff-Davis several years 
ago for their logo cut into 2" cubes of Ti.  EDM was the only viable 
method.  They cheapest I found was about $200.  Z-D declined.