Will it work... well you saw the video and yes it works. Is it productive and will it produce clean cuts NO!
Can you get started that way if your on a budget Yep. Can you cut thin material that way Nope. Can you cut smaller parts after carefully aligning up the torch head and material Yep. When I built my plasma I included a Z axis but didn't have a THC system installed. They were all to expensive and complicated to use with EMC. But Peter from Mesa came to my rescue and designed the THCAD card. If your going to the trouble to build a plasma table the THCAD card is a very cost effective solution to the THC problem. The second most important addition to my plasma cutter was a floating torch head with a micro switch to touch off on the material. I jog to my start point and hit go, the torch moves down till the micro switch trips then moves up to the pierce height, the torch starts, after the pierce delay it moves down to the cut height then takes off cutting under the control of the thc component which gets feedback from the THCAD card indicating the tip voltage. John On 3/28/2013 6:40 PM, Gregg Eshelman wrote: > Watched a lot of plasma table action on Youtube last night. All but one had > the torch on a z axis mount which raised up between cuts then went down to > touch the metal and back up to cutting height before the start of each cut. > > The one that didn't had a simple hand crank to set the height. Other than not > having close enough support slats to keep the cutouts from tipping so the > torch hit them, it worked as well as the rest, some of which also had the > tipping problem. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Own the Future-Intel(R) Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 > Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete > for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. > $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo > by 6/6/13. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/12124-176961-30367-2 > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Own the Future-Intel(R) Level Up Game Demo Contest 2013 Rise to greatness in Intel's independent game demo contest. Compete for recognition, cash, and the chance to get your game on Steam. $5K grand prize plus 10 genre and skill prizes. Submit your demo by 6/6/13. http://altfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/12124-176961-30367-2 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
