Practical notes from the shop floor — material specs, cutting-method comparisons, tolerance guides, and finishing processes. Written from jobs we actually run, not from a keyword list.
Every laser leaves slag and a burr on heavy plate. The only question is who removes it — your supplier, or you.
Cutting MethodsCutting a curved part from flat plate costs you material and saves you a process step. Here is where that trade is worth making, and where it is not.
Cutting MethodsWe run a fiber laser, so treat this accordingly — but there are jobs we will tell you to send to a waterjet, and here is exactly which ones.