Something different for a rotary plasma build

i had bought a plasma cutter a while back and had plans to eventually do something CNC with it. The plasma cutter had come with a hand torch but i got a pretty good deal on a straight torch for it last year. At first, I did not give a rotary axis much thought until i got into working on a Z axis and started looking at things from a wider perspective. That's when i had this rotary idea pop into my head and soon i became obsessed with the idea of having two self-centering chucks that could be controlled in the program so they could basically act like a bar feeder so longer material could be done on a small machine 4' x 4' size range.

This has been a fun and interesting project so far and figured I would share here for anyone interested in following along. This is a hobby for me so i don't mind trying out new ideas. i have hit a few bumps so far but that's ok as long as i don't hit a brick wall along the way. the way I look at things is you never know until you try it. So i have the, you win some you lose some mind set going into this. But i have made enough progress to Share.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7hIffvr13M

another update for those of you who want to follow along.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzOW4_8X-es

Keep these up! Love the music. Peter

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Originally Posted by peteeng

Keep these up! Love the music. Peter

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slow moving project because of how much work is involved but i will keep posting as go.