I Test The Most Powerful Waterjet, And Cut This!

today is going to be fun because i'm going to be answering some of your questions that you have for me about tools like how thick can the water jet cut what happens if the tires go flat on the go-kart grinder what square is my favorite or how can i use imperial measurements instead of metric i'm going to answer all those and more in this video i'm looking for a grinder and i want to know the difference between a grinder and a sander here i have my go-kart grinder from what i gather the difference between the grinder and the sander is the surface speed of the belt a sander i typically would use for wood because the low belt speed a grinder is typically used for metal and you want high belt speed like this one this one turns 103 miles per hour at a surface feet per minute of eight to nine thousand surface feet per minute and a sander for wood is gonna turn much slower somewhere in the thousand to three thousand you can use a belt sander on metal with the low surface speed but it's just going to take a lot longer and vice versa you can use a high surface feed on wood but i'll show you what happens so this is typically about the speed for sanding wood you can see it sands really nice no burn marks but when we crank it up to grinding speed like if you're going to do metal watch what happens so you guys start to see it's discoloring starting to burn it and you can smell it in the air because this is a variable speed unit i can go slow or fast but most grinders are set at one speed and then most wood sanders are set at one speed so ask yourself are you doing wood work or metal work what happens if the tires on your go kart grinder go flat and i want to know the answer to that too so two years ago i took all the air out of the tires and i've been running them flat ever since because i wanted to see if the bead would break with the belt track correctly longevity of the wear on the tire i can tell no difference between running the tires inflated or deflated they just plain flat out work if you'd like to see a build on this machine i have a four part series on how i built it so the answer to the question is absolutely nothing will happen if the tires run flat on the go-kart grinder i'm in the market for a square which one should i get first i would probably get the eight inch mega square in cast iron if you're going to do a lot of welding if you're more of a hobbyist i would go with the 8 inch mega square in aluminum most likely you're going to want to get the monster square to match and have a pair and if you go with the 8 inch versions pretty much tackle any project that you come across but these two together are pretty powerful combination two's good four is better cast iron for longevity aluminum for weight that's a good starting point what are you spraying on your metal i am spraying this stuff called anti-spatter spray this is a chemical that's going to help the spatter not to stick from mig welding or stick welding you don't want those little bbs to adhere to the material this is what i'm spraying on this is e-weld 4 i've done a video on where i test about 60 different anti-spatters and i came up with this one as being the best compromise between performance cleanup and usability in the video where i test this i actually did some painting over a coated material that this stuff was applied to and in the comments you guys said why would you even need to worry about that you're supposed to prep your metal perfectly have it perfectly clean no need to have a paintable anti-spatter spray but what happens if you miss a spot in a little nook or cranny i know handrails have those swirls it's hard to get into the small spots this i know the paint will still stick so that's why it should be paintable plasma cutters are superior why don't i use one two reasons the plasma cutter needs a power source and they're limited by the length of cord you can get to and reach you need a big air compressor to run a good one and then you have the cost of the machine the thicker the metal you want to cut the more expensive the machine gets so those are some drawbacks i can't take the plasma cutter outside it's basically stuck here in the shop cutting torch i like to use because it has no cords i need no air compressor it's all a self-contained unit i can take it outside bring it inside i can put it on my service truck take it anywhere i want i can cut as thick as material as i want to i can heat the metal and bend it with it it's a really versatile tool the only thing that's going to limit you is your skill set the plasma cutter is a little easier to use right out of the box the torch is going to require you to have some practice but once you get your skill sets it's the best tool for the job why don't i switch to using metric measurements and the simple answer to that is all my material here in this shop is in imperial measurements from wood to metal so by me switching to metric i'm just going to have to convert it back over to imperial so yes metric is more universal language in the world but here in the united states imperial is still the unit of measurement to use and even switching to metric on my milling machines and lathes would be quite difficult due to the dials and scales that i'd have to change out all my cars made before 1990 use imperial hardware nuts bolts engine sizes tires wheels gears and that would be really tricky to convert all the plumbing in your house the copper tube the water pipes all use imperial threads even my clothing uses imperial from my waist size to my shirt size if you don't know how to use imperial it's kind of like speaking spanish or english just because people speak spanish doesn't mean it's wrong you just don't know how to speak the language so therefore it sounds hard and you can't understand what they're saying do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth by knowing both i'm a much more diverse person and i can go back and forth but that's why i don't use metric measurements because my material is not metric how does that clamp stay in the hole in the table this clamp has a 5 8 pin there's no grip there's no knurl there's no threads this pin fits closely intolerance into this hole and then what happens is when you push from the side you bind those two pieces together and then it won't slip out too loose fitting hole this would slip up too tight of a hole it would have a hard time getting in so there's about a three to five thousandths clearance to make this magic happen what threading taps do i use let's take a peek and see what taps i have in my toolbox here so i have these little organizers i have them labeled on the top so i can see this is my national course this is my national fine and i get all my taps off ebay or msc i try to buy good ones this is a regal some of these are new old stock that i get off ebay for a good price so this one's made in japan by ymw this one's a gtd hw co usa oh this is a vermont but you can feel the quality they have some weight to them card c-a-r-d usa the most common thing i have in this is they're all spiral-tipped or spiral flute and this is the real key to the success of these tools and then when you pair it with a tool that you can drive it with this is a power tap tapping gun and then you don't have to use a hand tapper like this you can use this and it's all about chip removal this pulls the chip out the back with these spiral flutes this pushes the chip out the front and it's all about removing that chip and this has a flexible head so that you don't snap the tap off why do you still use these old hand crank milling machines cnc machines are better and i would agree with you yes cnc machines are better they're great at doing production runs they do take longer to set up and get programmed they're more accurate but for me here in the shop i do all the opposite i do one part i need a fast setup and i don't want any programming so the hand crank machine is perfect for me why doesn't the slats on the water jet get cut they actually do get cut and sometimes they get cut in half and these are a consumable as you can see that one just got literally cut right in half or they start to erode on this top surface and you replace them so here's a section of a piece that just got sliced in half how thick of metal can the water jet cut the thickest i've ever cut is four and a half inches thick but i've never cut something 12 16 18 before and i know this machine will probably do 12. so let's go over to the computer program something then come back and cut something pretty thick on the water jet what cad software do i use i use solidworks because it's widely recognized there's a lot of help there's a lot of information i took a four week course on learning solidworks i can communicate with others that use solidworks as far as modeling and sharing models do i think solidworks is the best no there's other great programs out there is it something that i'm comfortable with using yes so that's why i use it if you're getting started and you're a student you can get an educational copy if you want the pro version it'll cost you around four thousand dollars it's expensive but here in my workshop i would be lost without it and it's worth it so that's what i use solidworks so let's program something to cut into the water jet let's cut the letter j it's kind of strange looking but that's the beauty of the water jet it does not care there we go we're gonna make the letter j that's eight inches tall out of some mild steel and this program that flow has gives us a theoretical cut time for the thickness of material so let's just do some hypothetical cut times let's start with one inch thick steel that'll take about six minutes 19 minutes for two inches 32 minutes for three 59 minutes for four 95 minutes for five and 146 minutes for six 182 minutes for seven and 217 minutes for eight inch thick steel we better get this thing started we're gonna have a long wait so knowing i'm gonna cut something eight inches thick i'm gonna cut it out of this piece of round stock i got it tack welded to this base plate so i can hold it down normally i would position this upside down into the water and cut from the bottom down for video sake i kind of want to see what it's looking like i'm going to reverse it and we're going to cut above the table noise is going to be the only difference i'm going to position the work over a open spot in the table so i don't cut the slats in order to get this to be a successful cut i'm going to make a couple changes the first thing i'm going to do is i'm going to adjust the carburetor on this machine and what i mean by that is i'm going to put lots of garnet through the system this is called a metering disc this is what i generally normally cut with this is how much garnet can fit through that hole and i'm going to upsize it a lot to try to really have enough garnet to where it's still cutting at the bottom yes i'm going to be wasting quite a bit by doing this but this is going to ensure the cut quality is going to be good at the bottom so we're going to switch to the bigger meteor disc and the next thing i'm going to do start the cut from the outside of the metal off the material and then we're gonna lead in and start our j if i were to try to pierce this it would probably be like a 15 minute pierce and i mean by pierce the water jet has to dig a hole all the way through i don't want to sit here for 15 minutes spraying water and garnet everywhere so we're gonna start from the edge and work our way in we'll check back in three hours you're probably wondering why i'm even wasting my time trying to cut something eight inches thick well i'm not really wasting time i'm learning i'm learning what the machine's capable of i'm learning what i'm going to get as a product at the end of this i do want to see how long this actually does take to cut and what is expected if i were to use this on a real job you also have to remember that the machine is running unattended which means i can be doing other things at the same time that this machine is cutting so effectively i'm doing two things at once so even though this is a three hour cut time i'm still productive while this machine is cutting ask yourself what machine would you use if you needed to make this letter j in a positive and negative form i really don't know of any i think a wire edm would be your closest bet but the water jet just does a really good job looks like the cut is done so let's move this bad boy out of the way predictions i think the top of this cut is going to look amazing i think the bottom is gonna look like spaghetti wow wow that is amazing way better than i thought still a little chowdery look at that now that is just plain cool the back it looks like we got a little point there run it turns the corners a little bit of wavering at the bottom but that's to be expected it looks like from the four to five inches it cuts pretty square so this was the stop start i didn't quite let it go long enough for that to cut through you know you have to try some of these things because when a job comes along i don't have unrealistic expectations well guys that was really fun learning something new on the water jet today i'm glad i was able to learn right along with you now if you have more tool related questions please leave them down below in the comments i would love to read them and maybe we can do another video just like this one but until then i'll see you guys on the next one [Music] right what did he say he said he has his head yeah he only took him down because he couldn't see you no more what's his number

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Length: 13min 48sec (828 seconds)

Published: Sat Feb 19 2022