Dave G wrote: > > Here is a tip for subsequent Water Jet jobs, when cutting sharp angles, >continue the cut past the corner, cut back at a 45 deg angle, position the >cutter for the next cut in the angle, and continue on. Imagine the number >4, with the material being cut, in the lower right quadrant of the crossing. >The two 'pointy' ends of the 4, (top and left) get the notch, not the work. > Most modern CAM systems have a mode to do this for you if the corners have >enough angle. If you can live with tiny radii at the corners this will work >too.
Sorry Dave I don't quite follow. If you continue past an internal corner then surely you are cutting into required material. No doubt this is just my feeble comprehension so any chance of a quick gif sketch to put me right. Tony M. -
