village idiot builds a plasma table.........

[warwick]

what a frustrating day!!!!! the dam thing wont recognise the probe for setting the hieght of the material...i did a test cut with no earths connected and to be fare it did cut quite well....heres a few pics of the cutting.........

[Clive S]

Well how about a Vid.

[warwick]

Well how about a Vid.

clive iv tried to upload a video to photobucket and its not having it , i'll try to get a better video......

problems to solve.....

need macro for g31 touch off probe.........
mach3 is mega unstable and keeps freezing and not responding to the keyboard?? in plasma set.............works ok in mill set...ish
proma thc cutting 3mm higher than it should be......
soft limits stopped working saturday,but has decided to work today....
heres a few pics of some stars in 8mm mild steel..havent cleaned and dross off.......

[warwick]

a pic of getting to know how the machine cuts.....

[ned]

how you getting on Warwick, any progress? gonna launch a build thread now, the day has come.

[ned]

Warwick you there? hows it going man? The extra bit on your x axis, is that for a rotary axis? I want one!

[warwick]

hi ned, sorry i havent been about much....tables working fine,,,cutting with it most evenings.....yes the extra piece on my x axis is indeed for a rotory ...i havent really thought about the scribe or the rotory axis yet.......i get email notifications if you post or message,,,,