Quote Originally Posted by routerdriver View Post
Is there a particular reason why you favour a router over a waterjet?I have seen very clean edges on pieces cut that way and I have seen pieces from a router that started off clean and got a bit fuzzy as the edge wore.I would also be curious about how you would propose to hold a piece as small as 8cm X 1cm against the force of a router.It seems very close to the size of a tensile strength test piece as I recall.
You try an find a waterjet for 10K.!! . . .Intensifier pump alone will be 10K.

Work holding something so small is tricky but can be done with good vacuum fixtures.