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Desktop Waterjet Cutter. Wazer Waterjet review - YouTube
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what you see here is the brainchild of
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four college students
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fueled by microwaved ramen and brand
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named energy drinks they have created a
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machine with robotic precision designed
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for creation but using water for
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destruction they have made the first
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desktop water jet and they call it the
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waser
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I'm going to review the waser to see if
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it lives up to the hype and give you
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guys my personal thoughts I've recently
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used it to complete our portable belt
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grinder project so check that out if you
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haven't seen it already
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now the waser started as an undergrad
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research project at the University of
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Pennsylvania back in 2012 but quickly
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rose to prominence through their
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Kickstarter to launch in 2016
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shortly after establishing the company
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with a successful campaign Weezer has
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left their mark on the industry with a
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low-cost portable water jet this is
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designed to fit in your garage private
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shop basement or small workspace its
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portability allows you and another
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person to toss it in the back of a
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pickup for simple transportation all it
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needs is a water in water out and to 110
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outlets for both the pump and the
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machine the machine and the base came in
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separately arriving on a pallet and no
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joke after unloading and unboxing it
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took my brother and I just an hour and a
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half to completely assemble before
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you're ready to start cutting they're
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provided instruction manual which I
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believe is the best manual I've ever
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seen made it super easy for a
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streamlined setup the water jets
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designed to sit on a desktop or table
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but if you'd like to have it
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freestanding
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you can purchase the legs separately it
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doesn't need to be anchored down either
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then you just fill it with water until
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it reaches the bottom of the plastic
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dampener and even though the plastic
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dampener is 12 by 18 inches your
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material can be 13 by 19 inches in size
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the brace of hopper is located on the
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side and can hold about 30 pounds of
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abrasive using the standard 80 mesh
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garnet loading abrasive is really simple
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all you have to do is pull out this
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hidden hopper right here load it up with
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abrasive and then just slide it back in
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this keeps it protected from
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water or spray that can contaminate the
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garnet but what happens with all that
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garnet that we just put into the hopper
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the water jet will go and spray into the
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corners of the tank stirring up or
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agitating the garnet which eventually
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finds its way through a pump and into
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these two bins up front making it super
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easy for disposal
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you shouldn't reuse the garnet due to
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the other contaminants mixed in with it
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at this point
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water supply can come from your
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household tap and water out can go into
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a sink bucket or any other draining
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system of choice because it's activated
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by a pump it does not need gravity to
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drain let's check out the power behind
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the water jet the pump is a neat compact
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2 horsepower 110 electric motor I'm
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noticing it's very similar and designed
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to a commercial water jet but on a much
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smaller scale the life-support of the
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pump consists of a control from the
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computer to turn it on and off when
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needed a high-pressure line that goes
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straight to the machine cutting nozzle
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and filtered water in from a supply line
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it is not advisable to reuse water from
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the waser as it will also contain
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contaminants from use with a working
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pressure of 5000 psi it goes through
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about a half a gallon of water per
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minute that's enough power to cut
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half-inch thick aluminum at a half inch
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per minute or a quarter inch steel plate
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at a half inch per minute the machine
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has a maximum linear speed of 75 inches
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per minute which is pretty fast and the
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gantry has an accuracy of 3 thousandths
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of an inch it's pretty impressive for a
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machine of this size I'm ready to start
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cutting so let's see how simple it is to
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use from start to finish well begin with
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their software all that needs to be done
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is to import your drawing find its
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position and scaling pick your material
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and thickness determine its cutting path
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and add any tabs and leads selecting
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your cut quality will determine the
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length and time it takes to cut but this
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is also something you give just while
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it's cutting now that I've saved the cut
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file to the SD card I'll insert it into
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the waser then also cure the material to
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a 12 by 18 plastic cut bed with some
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screws the waser makes it easy to set
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the cutting head height well use this
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plastic shim that wazers included to set
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the nozzle to material height and then
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I'll turn the knob to lock it into place
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with the cut file selected from
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d card and the machine calibrated and
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ready to hit go I know it'd be cool to
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operate this machine with the lid open
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but it won't allow you to proceed until
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it's shut as you can tell the water jets
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running at the moment and that's not
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nearly as loud as I thought it would be
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clocking in at around seventy four
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decimals no caries detection is required
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to operate the machine only when it
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pierces the material is it at its
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loudest that means you can cut to your
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heart's content without disturbing those
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around you as I mentioned before if you
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want to change the cut quality and speed
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during the actual cut you can do so
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right at the machine by tapping the up
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and down arrow
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what would you cut with a machine like
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this well we have a few materials here
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today to test its versatility it can cut
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hardened steel if you want to make a
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knife or a tool it can cut leather for a
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sheath rubber for a gasket definitely
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plastic for a knob or handle carbon
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fiber for a drone body porcelain for an
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ornate tiling or even glass for decor
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Wow the waser really is a cool machine
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but what I did notice is that on a long
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cut duration the waser will stop and ask
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me to add abrasive which is good but it
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means I have to attend or babysit the
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machine I did have to do some
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maintenance of which required this belt
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tension on the x-axis but this is normal
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maintenance just to maintain maximum
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accuracy in total it did take a few
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hours to cut all these parts but that's
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still considerably faster than waiting
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for an outsourced part as a designer I
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really like the form and function of the
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waser
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all the parts fit flush into the sci-fi
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streamlined design giving it a clean fit
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and finish the clear lid is really nice
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to be able to watch the cut and the legs
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flow nicely into the machine itself the
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storage rack underneath is a welcome
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feature to store material before use
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wazers kept it simple with its intuitive
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straightforward design the size is the
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best feature about the waser
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it's possible to place it store it or
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transport it practically anywhere and
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I'm still amazed that you can actually
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plug this machine into a 110 outlet
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self-cleaning function of removing
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abrasive saves me a ton of time and
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keeps it mess free it's a brilliant
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feature the ways
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isn't ideal for high production
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environments I have to remain near it to
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monitor from material shifting and low
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garnet if it runs out the cut will
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automatically stop until the garnet is
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refilled but this makes it ideal for a
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personal workshop or garage and when you
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compare to other waterjets out there at
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$7000 its price is an absolute steal
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unlike a commercial waterjet you don't
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need any specialized training to operate
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this the wazers platform is so easy to
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learn and operate that if I wanted to
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have somebody make some cuts here in the
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shop I'd start them off on this tool
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first before jumping up to a more
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commercial unit that takes more training
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the intimidation of a large water jet is
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definitely not felt here if you're
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unfamiliar on how water jet works we
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have a detailed video about the
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mechanics you can learn all about it
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right here I want to thank waser for
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allowing us to demo and use their
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awesome invention and for making
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technology that's now accessible to all
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of us who want to create and make and
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build and cut the things that we want to
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create what would you make let me know
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post it in the comments below and until
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next time I'm Jason and thanks for
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watching
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