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How much would you charge to supply steel and cut it out?Just had a look and as it is that design has 101 pierces, 45.6m of cutting and would take my machine 35 minutes.
How much would you charge to supply steel and cut it out?Just had a look and as it is that design has 101 pierces, 45.6m of cutting and would take my machine 35 minutes.
Just had a look and as it is that design has 101 pierces, 45.6m of cutting and would take my machine 35 minutes.
I am coming to this from a woodwork and router background, so if plasma is different, please educate me...
Why is every single piece inboard of the plate edge? Is there no way to drop the plate onto the machine so that it is aligned with the axes? Does the sheet as supplied have a poor edge? If the parts are aligned with the plate edge, the total length of cut and number of mid-sheet pieces surely drops considerably. Even if the plate edge is wonky, flip the four sides so the bottom of the feet align with the plate edge. On the same issue, why does it take two parallel cuts to form each side with a small piece of waste in between? If they abut, one cut should do it. Is it just that machine time and consumables is cheaper than programmer time for a one off?
Thanks for any insight.
Did you do the sheet layout yourself or does the software do it automagically? If you take the gross area of all the parts, what percentage of a full sheet is it?
There might be some opportunity to split one of the larger parts into two for better nesting. The bottom RHS four parts, if removed, could be perhaps made from flat bar. Maybe consider how you might do it as a 'one sheet plus stock' design.
Would you consider uploading an ASCII dxf of the files so we can play about with it? To get it to upload here, you need to change the extension to .txt and then the person downloading has to change back to .dxf .
The local steel stockholder can beat FHB on price or just about match them, but their delivery kills it.
Crap steel prices round here, unless you want to buy a ton!
I dont seem to be able to save it as a .txt file
Right click rename "name.txt". From file browser
Still doesnt seem to work
They are usually dearer than brundles. Corona virus has just given them an excuse to be lazier than ever. 45minutes waiting for a sheet of steel the other week.Have you tried is&g in stock? Always found then pretty cheap
That’s a cheap minimum charge!What i do is load them the fractory which is free
The set up cost i ignore its the next cost which typically works out close to the profilers i use
Im not sure how laser guys do it, they are insanely cheap.
Ive just sent some bits in 6mm and 4mm 6082 i didnt make the minimum charge so it came to £60. Easily 2 days manual cutting
They are usually dearer than brundles. Corona virus has just given them an excuse to be lazier than ever. 45minutes waiting for a sheet of steel the other week.
They will match brundles but then their delivery is £35.
That’s a cheap minimum charge!
Secondly I assume these wont be on the DEFRA list of approved burners for smoke free zones so watch out, someone could snitch on you if your in such a zone.