We used to hand cut every gasket from sheet stock back at the old plant

Now we use a CNC waterjet for the big jobs, and it changed after we got a contract for a power plant rebuild in 2017. The spec called for over 300 custom flange gaskets, and the foreman said 'we'll never make the deadline cutting them by hand.' The waterjet cut the time down from two weeks to three days. Anyone still cutting the old way for smaller jobs, or have you all switched over?

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the_angela17d ago

Our shop still hand cuts anything under a quarter inch thick.

hunt.kevin17d ago

My shop tried that once and my cuts looked like a toddler with safety scissors went to town. We quickly upgraded to a jig for anything thinner than a finger.