apt403
Cast Iron
- Joined
- May 24, 2015
- Location
- Yelm, Washington
Pardon the ignorance, but I'm scratching my head over this one and I don't have much experience with the operational characteristics of waterjet.
I've been getting some blanks cut out of 1/4" 1018 CRS. I'm considering switching this part family over to a higher carbon steel like 1095. Received a quote back from the shop I'm using, and the per part price tripled (I would supply the material).
Is a steel like 1095 really that much more difficult to cut with waterjet? The material would be supplied in the annealed condition. It machines about the same as 1018, so I'm wondering if the huge premium is all due to the PITA factor of dealing with customer supplied material.
Thanks.
I've been getting some blanks cut out of 1/4" 1018 CRS. I'm considering switching this part family over to a higher carbon steel like 1095. Received a quote back from the shop I'm using, and the per part price tripled (I would supply the material).
Is a steel like 1095 really that much more difficult to cut with waterjet? The material would be supplied in the annealed condition. It machines about the same as 1018, so I'm wondering if the huge premium is all due to the PITA factor of dealing with customer supplied material.
Thanks.