[ferrumdg]

Hello,

this is my first post here... my name's Daniel, and I work as a bladesmith & machinist in switzerland, running my own small shop.
(http://www.ferrumdg.com for those who want to know more.)

When I make folding knives, one part of the job is to cut a 1,5mm (0.059") Ti-sheet (6AL4V - grade 5)... basically I need two identical pieces each time, one with some additional mods, but the outline is exactly the same.

Now I'm working on a small series of ten identical folders, so I would need twenty Ti-liners cut out, identical to each other.

I could send this off to a local laser or even better a water-jet cutting shop, and get it done that way.
However for a long time now I was wondering if there's any "small-shop" way of doing this, with some speed and precision?

I haven't sean any DIY WaterJet cutting tools or stuff like that.

I've seen some DIY Wire EDM Setups, but have no idea what the capacity and precision of these are...

Any ideas? machine plans? solutions.


if I do single pieces, I use a band saw to cut the rough shape out, and then grind and mill it after having made a plastic prototype I use to transfer the outlines. it's simple and it works, but it's time consuming as well.

Thanks,

Daniel

[rab]

How about a small cnc milling machine ?
I use mine for cutting titanium blades, etc.

Just been looking at your website - very nice work you're doing there.

Rab

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