For anyone who needs things waterjet cut (or other methods) there are a lot of metal fab shops out there, and you can get things cut cheap enough. The last water jet job I had done in a 24 hour rush was $140 for a 1 sq ft piece of aluminum 1/4" thick. It was shaped with a couple holes in it, not complex, but $140 is a long way from $6000.

For speed, this thing is slow (fine for hobby use) and you may find that other processes are more appropriate - especially if you cut a lot. I have a HD Plasma that can cut 1/4" steel plate at 282 inches per minute; compare that to the 0.4" on this machine. While my machine was $60,000 and thus 10x more money, it does cut 700x faster ..... and I am going to the Fabtech show in Vegas this week because I need to go even -faster- . http://www.fabtechexpo.com/

Dreaming of a Kinetic machine with dual torch heads ... http://www.kineticusa.com/products/production-spindle-drilli...

Or maybe a 6KW fiber laser ... (this video is not sped up!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3gMM5VSQUE

Fabtech is one of those trade shows where something under a few hundred thousand dollars seems cheap!