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| Glass Wall Panel Installed in the Boise Airport |
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John H. Groth
Waterjet Design – One Machine Opening All the Doors
The power of water is often greatly underestimated. So often, we equate water with peace or tranquility. However, water has the capability to shape virtually anything that an architect or interior designer can think up no matter what the material is. All that is needed is a skilled fabricator and a machine that has the capacity to place that water under 50,000 pounds of pressure per square inch (psi).
Waterjet Design uses an abrasive jet cutting machine (called a Waterjet) to precisely cut through virtually any material from titanium to inches of marble with a maximum cutting size of 55” x 100”. Not only does this machine have the ability to cut through these materials, but it does so with an accuracy of + / - .005”. This assures that no matter what it is you are designing, the finished product will be just as you envisioned.
Some of the most common applications of the Waterjet’s technology are custom windows, wall panels, floor inlay and medallions, indoor and outdoor corporate signs and lettering, tiling, custom kitchen backsplashes and much more.
What is unique to Waterjet Design is that its owner, John H. Groth, is an artist with 23 years of experience in ceramics and glass. His shop not only has two Waterjets, but it also has an adjacent 5000 square foot glass studio. This glass studio allows him to custom design and fuse glass for his customers and then cut those pieces to the size specifications to fit into their desired applications.
Architecture and art have one vital commonality: innovation. The work that stands out, that is recognized and acclaimed, is the work that dares a new direction. The Waterjet precision cutting machine allows those visionaries the means to make their ground-breaking ideas a feasible reality.
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| Detail of the Glass Wall Panel at the Boise Airport |
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| Custom Kitchen Backsplash |
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| Donor Wall at the Glenn & Viola Walters Arts Center in Hillsboro, OR |
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