I think that Torchmate used to make those years ago prior to their intro into CNC cutting.
I considered buying the kit long ago but considered it too limiting. They abandoned that design in favor of a more conventional CNC design. I think you would be smart in doing the same. Dave On 3/24/2013 3:11 AM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > Looking into the possibility of fitting CNC to an old oxy-acetylene pattern > following torch. (It can also mount a plasma cutter.) > > The torch mounts on the end of an articulated arm with two joints. On top of > the arm is a variable speed motor with a 1/4" diameter, knurled, magnetic > shaft. That runs around the edge of any bit of steel plate in just about any > shape bolted to the pattern holder arm. > > The problems with that, the pattern has to be steel and has to be 1/8" > smaller all around than the piece cut out will be, and you have to have a > pattern to be able to do anything with the tool. > > I've been thinking that a system with three or four servo motors and cables > connected to the torch mount could move it around as well as a 2-axis gantry. > > Can LinuxCNC run such a setup? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
