NUTR: Ultrasonic Cutter USW-334

Not Unusual Tool Review ;) of the USW-334 Ultrasonic Cutter.
More of a curious exploration, really.
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Music: "AI 2" - Vibe Mountain

[DoRiteFabrication]

My wife is a “crafty” woman too. I’m trying to convince her she needs a CNC plasma table. Great video as always!

[GyitarLegend]

I'm greek and i can confirm that this is greek

[victorfox]

Now you can make a mix-CD by cutting and pasting your favorite tracks together.

[Thee_Sinner]

Codyslab intro, AvE-style subject, This Old Tony delivery..

And they said Infinity War was the most ambitious cross-over.

[thedevilinthecircuit]

This device was invented to make use of the vast surplus of coily cords for telephone receivers. Since nobody has a phone on the kitchen wall anymore, all those the coily cords would've ended up in the ocean and choked dolphins or something. THANK YOU to the Greek people for saving the planet!

[Nighthawkinlight]

Neat, I kinda want one for no particular reason

[marwinthedja]

Holy #&%!
I just checked the price and it's like $400 oO.
By its look (and function) I expected it to be more like $40 - at max...


BTW, nice video ;)

[nejiniisan]

As a Japanese descent, I can confirm the accurate translation.

[pesterenan]

So basically, this is a hot knife... *that isn't hot.*

[Dick_Kickem]

"congratulations on your purchase of technology from the year 40, 000"
The Emperor Protects

[kristoffernygren]

I have but one question: what kind of otherworldly willpower did it take not to make a joke about grabbing a piece of felt just because you felt like it?

[cgoodwin]

Thank you so much for buying something and playing with it a bit so I don't have to. I just use a craft knife whilst standing on a washing machine spinning with an anvil in it. Works a treat but hard on the smaller gaskets.

[lukewarmwater]

untill you used the "manual" exacto knife, I thought it looked like the ultrasonic cutter was just a regular knife. thanks for doing that, it calmed my skepticism and now I think maybe I might play with one of these!

[Komaru.]

USW-334
超音波小型カッター
(Ultrasonic Wave Cutter)
毎秒40, 000回の高速振動でクラクラカット！きれいな仕上がり！
(Vibrates 40, 000 times a second for dizzying cuts! Produces beautiful works!)

[KastaRules]

I cannot stand those *AvE* glue sticks. They have too much chooch and you can never get them to focus.

[fmanion]

I liked the AVE plug. That's how I found Tony.

[Bcarr]

14:40 what you *meant to say: “what do I look like, Big Clive or something?”

[CafeenMan]

Here's a thought.... I'll bet if you put dull xacto blades in it you could get them insanely sharp by turning it on and using the right ceramic stone(s). I'd give it a shot.

[HappyJackington]

Hi, I'm an ultrasonic tooling engineer at Dukane IAS. I don't know too much about cutting, since that is handled by a different engineer, but I do know a decent amount about designing a horn to weld plastic components together. If you have any questions about ultrasonic welding, I can try to answer to the best of my knowledge, and what isn't covered by an NDA. Additionally, I know that we sell hand probes and generators for welding but those can be pricey and I'm not sure on how to order them, there's an online store, but it doesn't offer a whole lot.

There was a comment below by Jason Goodman that had a point about why you need to mount at the nodal point, and all of his reasons are right. The only addition I want to make is that the nodal point will still vibrate, but it will be expanding in and out rather than moving up and down, which is why the cutter needed some padding around the transducer. If you try to grip firmly to the nodal point of a tool with a vice, you'll end up cracking your tool, and if you do it with your hand, you'll get burned.

[mikedrop]

So this is Cody's second channel that I keep hearing about. Glad he's taking on the ultrasonic cutter project. He uses enough duct tape and explosives to pull it off properly.