Waterjet

Cut just about anything with the Wazer water jet. Metal, glass, ceramic, rubber and much more. Waterjets use very high pressure water combined with an abrasive material to cut through many materials other CNC machines cant. Water jets can also cut very high detail compared to a plasma cutter.

What You’ll Learn:

• How a water jet works
• Materials that can be cut
• Preparing the Wazer for cutting
• Maintenance of the Wazer
• How to cut with the water jet
• Use various areas of the bed
• Costs associated with cutting
• Creating a cut file with Wazer software

What’s Included:

• Material to cut
• Abrasive to cut with

Please Note:

This class does not include file preparation or design instruction.

Prerequisites:

Previous experience with vector design software (like Adobe Illustrator, Affinity Designer, or Inkscape). Working knowledge of basic design concepts such as creating shapes, using layers, and setting dimensions. Basic understanding of file types, importing and exporting files, and ability to navigate windows and MacOS filesystems.

*Prerequisite: WORKSHOP – 2D Drafting for CNC ( or you can bypass this by successfully taking this short drafting test: recreate that in your preferred program and email it to build@makesantafe.org)

Basic understanding of file types, importing and exporting files, and ability to navigate windows and MacOS filesystems.

Students must be at least 16 years of age.  Minors must have parental permission and signed waiver (ask us).