Clamp Foot Plate

[Web Goblin]

Looks very similar to a very old design for keeping constant torch height for plasma cutting/marking thin plate when the machine did not have thc.

[Boyan Silyavski]

Agree. I was thinking more of a usfull for engraving big sheets of thin material, where the material is fixed at extremities but no vacuum table

[Lee Roberts]

Agree. I was thinking more of a usfull for engraving big sheets of thin material, where the material is fixed at extremities but no vacuum table

Exactly, I have more or less thought about the same thing/design in my head for working with thin wood sheets, 4, 6, 9mm ply and so on, this design isnt a bad one, for mine i considered bigger balls though and just LM type bearing units with round rail - manual adjustment.

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[Boyan Silyavski]

Exactly, I have more or less thought about the same thing/design in my head for working with thin wood sheets, 4, 6, 9mm ply and so on, this design isnt a bad one, for mine i considered bigger balls though and just LM type bearing units with round rail - manual adjustment.

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The most useful i have seen till now are 2 gantry wide rollers that pneumatically actuate and roll in front and at back of spindle. A bit of overkill for home use though. Otherwise would have implemented them already in my OTT build

[Lee Roberts]

The most useful i have seen till now are 2 gantry wide rollers that pneumatically actuate and roll in front and at back of spindle. A bit of overkill for home use though. Otherwise would have implemented them already in my OTT build

These are the units I was thinking about, didn't get as far as size just "head thoughts" to date but it's not complex design...

Edit: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/291159321989

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[Boyan Silyavski]

These are the units I was thinking about, didn't get as far as size just "head thoughts" to date but it's not complex design...

Edit: http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/291159321989

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if they are big enough and spring included somehow.


these were the ones in my mind

[m_c]

I'm thinking it could probably have uses on thin material where a vacuum bed is not available.

[Boyan Silyavski]

I'm thinking it could probably have uses on thin material where a vacuum bed is not available.

ha ha, thinking the same at the same moment