Cutting HVAC Ductwork primary use

[TinWhisperer]

I’ve cut a little bit of galvanized on my pro but I do plan on buying an XR almost exclusively for cutting out duct work.

HVAC parts Square to Rounds 26 GA galvanized

I have made quite a few square to rounds over the years but this is the first using a CNC. Over the years I became very familiar with laying out and fabricating square to rounds by hand. When SketchUp came came out I started laying out fittings in that CAD environment , Acquiring all the true lengths, then stepping out the points with a compass on my sheet metal. Then I bought a bigger printer and could print out sometime 20 pieces of paper glue them down to the sheet metal, then cut out of t…

The only thing that’s keeping me from buying an XR right now is the crazy shipping cost and the difference in exchange rate. Which is up almost 10 cents from last year.

And there is lots of different software for common sheet metal fittings that produces DXF files.