Ever since I first saw the wazer desktop waterjet I have been thinking about building a water jet conversion for my crossfire pro. The wazer is way overpriced in my opinion and it utilizes what looks to be a annovi reverberi pressure washer pump with a 1hp motor and it is only capable of 4700 psi when a commercial waterjet runs upward of 30,000 psi. I happen to have a pressure washer pump capable of 10,000 psi or more sitting around and a 10hp weg electric motor. Building a power unit for cutting is not a problem and I want to make the cutting nozzle fit in the machine torch holder to make it a easy switch between water and plasma cutting. I mainly want the waterjet for cutting non conductive materials and for cutting thin aluminum and stainless that needs finer detail.
What I am less familiar with is the software side of things, I don’t think there would be a problem using the initial height sensing. It seems like I should be able to use firecontrol by tweaking settings to compensate for the differences in waterjet cutting vs plasma cutting. I am planning to use the torch on to initiate the water jet and like the wazer I will use the drain to waste method for the water and abrasive media.
Any input or suggestions is appreciated, I am trying to think of any issues I may be overlooked that would make this not possible.