G-Series Waterjet Cuts a Car into a Convertible

Waterjet cutting is downright cool to watch. If you think about what’s going on here, it’s pretty crazy stuff: an insanely-high pressure stream of water is being used to cut the roof off of this car. The waterjet works similarly to a plasma cutter, but keeps the temperature low for materials that are temperature sensitive.

Obviously the roof of this old Buick isn’t temperature sensitive, but these cutters can also be used to cut basically any material since the water jet doesn’t rely on heat to make the cut. This 5-axis machine allows great precision as well as the ability to undertake large projects, something many waterjets can’t handle. With pressures of up to 100,000 PSI, waterjets can cut through some surprisingly thick sheets of metal, up to eight inch thick steel and twelve inch thick aluminum.

Sit back and watch this liquid laser go to work, making one of what has to be very few late model Buick convertibles.