First cnc batch, come on in

JTknives

JTknives

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So I just want to say thank you to everyone here that has supported my growing business. We would not be where we are today without you guys. To say thank you and kick the cnc plasma off properly we want to invite you guys to join our first batch. I have a full sheet of .090 thick 15n20 sitting here waiting for your designes.

What we are offering is a profiled, heat treated and surface ground blade(s) of your design. The plan is to take enough of your requests to fill the sheet. The price is $15 which includes the steel, cutting, heat treating and surface grinding. A second blade of the same design is only $10 so might as well get a handful. We ask that blades be kept to a reasonable size. All you have to do is provide the design and tell me how many you want.

We would like to recive your designs in DXF format. If you don’t have software that will output DXF files that’s ok. We can convert your current drawing(s) to DXF, no charge. Reasion we ask for DXF is because that’s what our CAM software uses to generate the gcode for the cnc. Your sketch or drawing will be traced over on the computer and then scaled to proper size. Make sure your drawing has dimensions so I know how much to scale it.

Thank you agian everyone and I look forward seeing what you come up with. Respond below and let me know if your in. If you want to post a picture of your design(s) that would be fun to see.

PS.
Here is where you can submit your drawings and get your place in line.
https://www.jarodtodd.com/store/CNC-Plasma-Cutting-p128895368

Cut this out the other day
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Does the pattern need to be a bit oversized to account for HAZ or any profile cleanup? Or do you cut a little oversized of the pattern to account for that? Or does this thing cut so clean it doesn’t matter? Is it able to cut out the pin holes as well?

I typically like to forge things to shape, but I’ve also been wanting to make a leather head knife and can’t wrap my head around how I’d forge that o_O maybe this would be the ticket.
 
Yes we are putting an AEBL order togather as we speak. This post was just to kind get started and give back to the community that got me here. No do not add anything to your profile. I take care of this in the programming with an ofset. The cut edge is really nice and just needs a light finishing to remove oxide/haze layer. As for holes I can pierce a single hole at around .060 it might not be a perfect hole as if it was drilled becaus it will be the shape of the plasma jet. Let me dig up a pic of a hole poped with the torch. I can switch to fine cut consumables which give a much narrower curf and finer cut finish. I will dig up pictures to show you what’s possible.
 
I’m in for 3 blades. I’ll be in touch with grid drawings in a day or two.
Thank you.
 
im in for 10 blades , you have my dxf file or no? Ill re send ok. sent, its for the smaller 6-1/2 ish " one
 
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Here is a test blade I zapped out real quick befor work. I’m still tweaking the settings and cut parameters to get the best cut.

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Profile on this one is alittle rough but I was running it rather fast.
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Holes don’t look to bad. Holes are tricky because it dumps so much energy into a small area.
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The back side. Alittle blow out at the holes which will be corrected by starting closer to the center of the holes.
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Ok guys I added the link in the first post. Just fill out all the info and attach your file.
 
JT can you use a picture of the drawing with measurements on it?
Or is there a different file you can work with?
 
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I can use a picture or drawing. I have to import it into a program and trace around it. I then save the traced outline as s DXF file. Thing to keep in mind is the profile will be just as it’s shown. The drawing does need dimensions so I can scale it properly.
 
For what it's worth, you'll get the most accurate results if your picture is square and true, like you'd get from a scanner or scanner app on your phone.
 
I’m going to start laying out the sheet this weekend. Will take alittle time to get everyone’s blades nested properly. So if your wanting in the head over to my site and submit your drawing.
 
JTknives said:
New monitor was delivered yesterday. Man thy don’t give away thoes 22” Elo Touch screens :eek:
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So back in the early 2000’s when I was working on medical equipment, I was working on an X-ray system that had 2 monitors that took the place of film... each of ‘em $10,000!!!
They were awesome monitors, but 10k each!?!
 
Yeah it’s amazing when you get out of the consumer market and into the industrial side how much the price jumps. This monitor was not 10k oreven close but at $500 it’s a bit pricy for a consumer application.
 
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