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Typically, all the cutting is done with the material submerged in water. However, Tony started with the metal above the water line so we could watch the cutting process. You can see that one of the skull heads has already been cut out. So what does it take to cut a pattern out of 1/2-inch-thick billet aluminum? How about a narrow stream of water and sand exiting the cutting nozzle at 700-plus miles an hour!
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Typically, all the cutting is done with the material submerged in water. However, Tony started with the metal above the water line so we could watch the cutting process. You can see that one of the skull heads has already been cut out. So what does it take to cut a pattern out of 1/2-inch-thick billet aluminum? How about a narrow stream of water and sand exiting the cutting nozzle at 700-plus miles an hour!  View Related Article

 

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