Looking for some direction to any good place that does laser cutting and then forming of some SS. No production runs just a single prototype.

I have used Ballard Sheet Metal many times for SS work, not sure if they have a water or laser cutter but they always got my bits made at fair prices and quickly.

They would at least know who to talk to if they can not do it.

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derek Wrote:
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> I have used Ballard Sheet Metal many times for SS
> work, not sure if they have a water or laser
> cutter but they always got my bits made at fair
> prices and quickly.
>
> They would at least know who to talk to if they
> can not do it.
>
> See me go at:
> www.11tenths.com
> In the long run Reality always wins.

They said they dont do laser or plasma cutting in house.

Laser-cut NW just north of Auburn airport.
Used them a lot.
Pricey on onsey twosies but you know to expect that.

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I would prefer water jet cut over laser just because I am nervous about bending across a heat affected zone. Just my 2 cents.

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Rallymech Wrote:
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> I would prefer water jet cut over laser just
> because I am nervous about bending across a heat
> affected zone.

That is not a problem with nitrogen assist laser cutting and even less a problem in normal grades of stainless. Don't worry about that and get your parts laser cut because they will be cheaper, the edges will be cleaner, and the features will be more square.

-Tim

Tim Taylor Wrote:
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> Rallymech Wrote:
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> > I would prefer water jet cut over laser just
> > because I am nervous about bending across a
> heat
> > affected zone.
>
> That is not a problem with nitrogen assist laser
> cutting and even less a problem in normal grades
> of stainless. Don't worry about that and get your
> parts laser cut because they will be cheaper, the
> edges will be cleaner, and the features will be
> more square.
>
> -Tim

Does the nitrogen act as a shielding gas and keep the cut cool?

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nitrogen is very good at preventing oxidation. copper oxidizes and becomes porous

and contaminated on my cutting tips.

ss will have a porous and black cut on the back with plasma and very little with

laser and no nitrogen.

I know of 3 shops that might do it one off what are you making?

this was cut with just air it cleaned up fine just you cant do directional grind
material because you have to clean the edges.

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William, i thought you had a laser cutter? maybe not? where do you get your small one off stuff cut?

I ended up using Terrene Inc, in Mukilteo they do laser but no forming that will have to be done at another shop.

place in Redmond dose it all and the owner is awesome and showed me all his stuff
for 2 hrs after he got one of my clients because I cant compete with there work.

http://automatedmetaltechnologies.com/

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token-negro Wrote:
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> I ended up using Terrene Inc, in Mukilteo they do
> laser but no forming that will have to be done at
> another shop.
>


Oh, yeh, for a box I really think only the finest CNC laser cutting will do. And for welding a box Robert was right, the loss of strength in the HEAT AFFECTED ZONE could be catastrophic...
Boxes are critical, gawddammit CRITCAL!!!!!!!!

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I think for a critical piece like this, machining the thing out of a single block of billet alu is the only reasonable method of manufacture.

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Aaron Luptak Wrote:
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> I think for a critical piece like this, machining
> the thing out of a single block of billet alu is
> the only reasonable method of manufacture.
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>
>

It’s a stainless steel tank for methanol, so aluminum isn’t the best choice.

token-negro Wrote:
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> Aaron Luptak Wrote:
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> > I think for a critical piece like this,
> machining
> > the thing out of a single block of billet alu
> is
> > the only reasonable method of manufacture.
> >
> >
> >
>
> It’s a stainless steel tank for methanol, so
> aluminum isn’t the best choice.
>
>


I used to do sheet metal fabrication as my job. We mainly used galvanized, but we also used stainless. I understand your wanting to get it cut via laser/water/plasma. The waterjet parts were SO nice to make (well, besides the company using shitty tolerances), compared to fabricating boxes and vents by hand, which takes forever. Especially with stainless.

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