KERF is live: upload a file, get a price, parts in the post
Until now, ordering a metal part to be cut in Australia started with an email. You sent a drawing. You waited a day or two for a price. If the price came back wrong, you sent another email and waited again. For a single bracket, that back and forth could run well over a week, and that's before production even commenced!
KERF is now open for business. Upload your drawing, choose a material and a thickness, and the price appears in seconds. Order it on the spot. No account, no phone call, no sales process.
The first customer orders have been received and are already being cut and packed.
What you can order today
- Eight file formats. DXF, DWG, SVG, AI, PDF, STEP, IGES and EPS, up to 25 MB each. STEP and IGES parts must be flat, with no bends, for an instant price.
- Five metals. Aluminium, stainless steel, mild steel, brass and copper, from 0.7 mm to 25 mm online. Thicker on request.
- No minimum. One part is a real order, and you do not need an account to price it or buy it.
- No drawing? Enter your sizes for a plain rectangle or circle, or build a bracket, gasket or disc from a template.
Cut with water, not heat
A waterjet cuts with water and garnet, through a slot about a millimetre wide. It cuts cold. Nothing discolours, nothing warps, and no edge comes back hardened. The part you unwrap is ready to use, weld or finish.
Thickness is where it pulls ahead. The same machine cuts 1 mm brass and thick plate. We compare the two processes side by side on waterjet versus laser.
Instant waterjet prices, cut in Melbourne
Almost every Australian waterjet shop still quotes by phone or form. You ring them, or you fill in a form and wait. Instant online quoting here mostly belongs to laser cutting shops, many of them running the same rented software. An offshore aggregator will quote you instantly, then cut the part overseas and freight it in.
That is the gap KERF was built for. The price you see is the price you pay, not an estimate to be confirmed later.
Your AI agent can order too
The quoting runs on an API, not a form, so software can use it. Claude, ChatGPT and the coding agents can find a material, price a part and hand you a pay link inside the conversation. You still pay. That part is deliberate, and the longer version is in ordering with your AI agent. We're pretty thrilled to be the first (and only) Australian cutting service your AI agent can order from.
After you pay
Every file is checked before it is cut. That is the step that catches a drawing made in inches and read as millimetres.
Parts are cut within 9 business days of payment. Delivery sits on top: Parcel Post or Express Post, your choice at checkout, anywhere in Australia. We email you the moment your parts ship, and your tax invoice waits in your order history as a PDF. The full timeline is in the ordering guide.
Where the parts are cut
On a production waterjet in Melbourne's south east, on a bed big enough that part size is rarely the constraint.
Some things are not here yet, and we would rather say so. A waterjet works great for cutting stone, glass and tile. You cannot (yet) order them on kerf.au. Flat metal parts, five metals, cut and posted: that is the promise for now.
So take the drawing that has been sitting in your downloads folder and see what it costs.
Price your part now
Upload a file and the number appears in seconds. No minimum order.