Hear from Our Customers
Your parts need to hit +/- 0.001″ tolerances without warping, burning, or creating a heat-affected zone that compromises material integrity. Waterjet cutting metal achieves that because it’s a cold cutting process—no thermal distortion, no microscopic cracks, no secondary cleanup.
You get smooth, burr-free edges on aluminum, stainless steel, titanium, tool steel, and exotic alloys. Thick materials up to 6 inches cut cleanly without changing the metal’s properties. Complex geometries, tight inside corners, intricate patterns—all handled without tool wear or setup delays.
The kerf width stays narrow at around 0.030″, so you’re not throwing away material with every pass. Less scrap means better yield on expensive metals. And because there’s no heat, you’re not dealing with oxidation, hardening, or edge quality issues that slow down your production line or force rework.
We operate right here in Garden City, NY, serving metal fabricators, machine shops, and manufacturers across Nassau County and the broader tri-state area. You’re working with a shop that understands the pace and precision demands of local aerospace suppliers, custom fabricators, and industrial manufacturers.
Garden City sits in the heart of Long Island’s manufacturing corridor, where tolerances matter and turnaround times are tight. We’ve built our operation around CNC metal waterjet cutting that handles both prototype runs and production volumes without compromising on accuracy or edge quality.
You’re not shipping parts out of state or waiting weeks for quotes. You’re working with a local waterjet metal cutting shop that responds quickly, cuts accurately, and delivers on time.
You send us your CAD file or technical drawing with material specs and tolerances. We program the CNC waterjet system to match your exact geometry, accounting for material thickness and edge quality requirements.
The cutting head moves along your programmed path, directing a high-pressure stream of water mixed with abrasive garnet at speeds up to 60,000 PSI. This abrasive waterjet cuts through your metal without generating heat, so there’s no thermal expansion, no hardening, and no HAZ to remove later.
As the waterjet cuts through the metal, the narrow kerf removes only the material necessary to create your part. The cold cutting process leaves edges smooth and dimensionally accurate, often eliminating deburring or secondary finishing. Once complete, your parts are inspected for tolerance compliance and prepped for delivery or pickup.
You get parts that meet your specifications without the delays, distortion, or material waste that come with thermal cutting methods. The process is straightforward, repeatable, and designed to keep your projects moving.
Ready to get started?
Every custom metal waterjet cutting job includes CNC programming tailored to your part geometry and tolerance requirements. You’re getting precision cuts on materials ranging from soft aluminum to hardened tool steel, with thicknesses from thin gauge sheet up to 6 inches or more.
Nassau County’s manufacturing sector includes aerospace component suppliers, custom metal fabricators, and industrial equipment manufacturers—all industries where dimensional accuracy and material integrity aren’t negotiable. Our metal waterjet cutting services in Garden City, NY meet those standards because the process doesn’t introduce heat stress or mechanical force that could compromise your parts.
You also get faster project turnaround compared to traditional machining. There’s no tooling to fabricate, no hardened dies to create, and no tool wear to slow down production. We cut your first part the same way we cut your hundredth—consistently, accurately, and without degradation in edge quality or dimensional precision.
Waterjet cutting metal works on virtually any metal you’re fabricating with. Aluminum, stainless steel, carbon steel, titanium, brass, copper, tool steel, Inconel, Hastelloy—if it’s a metal, abrasive waterjet will cut it.
The process doesn’t rely on heat, so reflective metals like aluminum and copper cut just as cleanly as ferrous materials. Hardened tool steels that would destroy conventional cutting tools are no problem because there’s no physical tool making contact. Exotic alloys used in aerospace and medical applications maintain their material properties because there’s no heat-affected zone altering the metal’s structure.
Thickness capacity typically runs up to 6 inches, with some systems handling even thicker materials depending on the alloy and required edge quality. Whether you’re cutting thin gauge sheet for enclosures or thick plate for structural components, we handle it without changing our setup or process.
CNC metal waterjet cutting consistently holds tolerances of +/- 0.005″ on most materials, with advanced systems achieving +/- 0.001″ when equipped with Dynamic Waterjet technology that compensates for stream lag in tight corners.
That level of precision comes from the cold cutting process. There’s no thermal expansion during cutting, no warping as the material cools, and no mechanical stress that could distort thin sections. The part dimensions you program are the dimensions you get.
For comparison, plasma cutting typically holds +/- 0.030″ to 0.060″ tolerances, and laser cutting can struggle with thicker materials or reflective metals. Waterjet cutting metal delivers consistent accuracy across all materials and thicknesses without the variables that affect thermal processes. If your parts are going into aerospace assemblies, medical devices, or precision machinery where tolerances matter, waterjet gives you the dimensional control you need.
Waterjet cutting metal typically produces smooth, burr-free edges that don’t require secondary deburring or finishing. The abrasive stream creates a uniform cut surface without the slag, dross, or heat-affected material that thermal cutting methods leave behind.
Edge quality depends on cutting speed and abrasive flow rate. For parts where edge finish is critical, we adjust the cutting parameters to prioritize surface smoothness. In most cases, parts come off our waterjet table ready for welding, assembly, or coating without additional edge prep.
This eliminates the time and cost of grinding, filing, or deburring that you’d typically budget for with plasma, oxy-fuel, or even laser cutting. You’re not paying for secondary operations, and you’re not introducing additional handling that could damage precision parts. The edges are clean, dimensionally accurate, and ready to use.
Turnaround time depends on material thickness, part complexity, and current production schedule, but most custom metal waterjet cutting projects in Garden City, NY are completed within days, not weeks.
Because there’s no tooling to fabricate, setup time is minimal. You send the CAD file, we program the CNC waterjet system, and cutting begins. Simple parts in standard materials can often be turned around in 24 to 48 hours. More complex geometries or thicker materials may take a few additional days depending on cutting time and queue.
For prototype work or rush projects, waterjet cutting offers a significant advantage over processes that require custom tooling or extensive setup. You’re not waiting for dies to be machined or fixtures to be built. The flexibility of CNC programming means design changes are easy to accommodate without restarting the entire setup process.
Waterjet cutting metal eliminates heat-affected zones that laser and plasma cutting create. When you cut with thermal processes, you’re introducing temperatures high enough to alter the metal’s microstructure, create hardened edges, and cause warping in thin sections.
Laser cutting works well on thinner materials but struggles with thicker metals and reflective materials like aluminum or copper. Plasma is fast but leaves rough edges and wide kerfs that waste material. Both processes require secondary operations to remove heat-affected zones and clean up edge quality.
We cut cold, so there’s no thermal distortion, no hardened edges, and no oxidation. You can cut thick materials with the same precision as thin gauge. Material waste is minimized because the kerf width is narrow. And you’re not limited by material type—hardened steels, exotic alloys, and reflective metals all cut cleanly without process adjustments. If dimensional accuracy and material integrity matter for your application, waterjet is the better choice.
CNC metal waterjet cutting handles virtually any geometry you can draw in CAD. Complex curves, sharp angles, intricate patterns, tight inside corners—the waterjet stream follows your programmed path without the limitations of mechanical tooling.
Traditional machining requires different tools for different features, and some geometries simply aren’t accessible with rotating cutters. Waterjet doesn’t have that constraint. The cutting stream is narrow and flexible, reaching into tight spaces and creating sharp internal corners that would require multiple setups on a mill.
Advanced systems with Dynamic Waterjet technology compensate for stream lag, maintaining accuracy even in tight radius corners where the cutting head changes direction quickly. This means you get clean, precise geometry throughout the entire part, not just on straight cuts or gentle curves. If your design includes complex shapes or detailed features, our waterjet delivers the accuracy and edge quality you need without compromising on speed or requiring multiple operations.
Local Resources
Useful Links
Other Services we provide in Garden City
