Towertalk
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [TowerTalk] Grinding hole in thick steel plate?

To: "john@kk9a.com" <john@kk9a.com>
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Grinding hole in thick steel plate?
From: George Dubovsky <n4ua.va@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 11:57:02 -0400
List-post: <towertalk@contesting.com">mailto:towertalk@contesting.com>
On Wed, Sep 9, 2015 at 10:47 AM, john@kk9a.com <john@kk9a.com> wrote:

> Waterjet kerf has a taper.  Make sure that this will be acceptable to you.
>

​But you can instruct modern waterjets to consider one edge of the cut to
be the "good" edge and it will tilt the jet so that that edge is dead nuts
square​ and all of the taper is on the "waste" side.

73,

geo - n4ua


> John KK9A
>
>
> To: "towertalk@contesting.com" <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Subject:        Re: [TowerTalk] Grinding hole in thick steel plate?
> From:   Rich Hallman - N7TR <rich@n7tr.com>
> Date:   Tue, 8 Sep 2015 21:54:31 +0000
>
>
> The company I found locally has a water jet set up and If I reshaped the
> hole
> there was too much metal gone for my comfort.   We could have welded in the
> holes...but after discussion we decided to start over and it will be
> perfect
> this time. And half the cost of the original job!
>
> The water jet system is quite the machine!!
>
> Thanks...
> Rich
>
> _______________________________________________
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> TowerTalk mailing list
> TowerTalk@contesting.com
> http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
>
_______________________________________________



_______________________________________________
TowerTalk mailing list
TowerTalk@contesting.com
http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/towertalk
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>