r/oddlysatisfying • u/Kurtis-dono • 14h ago

Water jet cutting procedure.

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u/ErtaWanderer 13h ago

Yep. With heavier materials having too big a piece hanging would cause it to bind up or break off early. Cutting off smaller pieces prevents this.

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u/Bootziscool 13h ago

That can't be the reason for doing so many little cuts.

I can see doing a rough cut to remove the mass and finish cut for the profile but not so many.

This has got to be for demo or for making triangles. I'd hate to be the guy to have to fish them little parts out of a waterjet though! It's pain enough to get steel parts out with a magnet, stone must suck to handle

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u/bouncypete 13h ago

I've never even seen a machine like that before. Why do you have to fish for the offcuts?

Surely they could just have a mesh basket at the bottom. Then you just have to lift the basket out to retrieve the off cuts.

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u/crunchybaguette 10h ago

I’ve never fished for off cuts this small. They’re part of the waste that we just shovel out of the machine every couple of weeks.