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First, make sure you know what stepper motors and drives are, see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepper_motor

Once you understand those bits you need a motor and something to generate pulses,...

If any of you have some spare stainless 316 and/or polycarbonate around, are willing to ship internationally (to Iceland) and can spare the time to give me a quote I need a couple of things...

I think creating custom screens/panels in EMC2 is actually very easy and very flexible.
Using PyVCP anyone who can do HTML should be able to understand the XML syntax and create custom UIs, if...

I just thought I would let people know that EMC2 now has all the features required for plasma cutting with Torch Height Control.
Some of these features are still experimental but will be stable and...

For most things you can just use a transformer to convert the voltage to 110 but I would stay away from anything that uses AC motors designed for 60hz as these will never perform well on 50hz. On the...

You have probably already tried but you might be able to find some info from PacSci support section from the old website:

http://www.pacsci.com/support/downloads/index.html#5400

Yours

Jarl...

I personally have no experience with driving a large table with a single motor on one end since I don't see any logical reason to do it.
I would love to see some pictures and get an idea of the...

I did a bit of research before building my plasma cutting table and I was unable to find any other solution with decent results.

Belts have to much stretch/play when dealing with these lengths...

Hi,
From my experience the cheapest way to get a proper machine torch is to watch Ebay, I have seen some Abicor Binzel and sometimes torches from Kemppi/Fronius/Migatronic. Another option would be...

First I want to thank everyone who has responded to this thread.

My order has arrived and overall I am very pleased, I asked for them to send everything as one shipment, to my supprise the...

Thanks for your reply, I only wish I had found these guys before I started to build my cnc table, would have saved me quite a bit of work.

Jarl

These guys seem to have just about everything I ever wanted for CNC building and the prices seem to be abour 1/2 of McMaster-Carr. If anyone has any experience I would love to hear from you before I...

For those who are interested we are taking alot of videos and photos while building the table and when it is complete we will post materials lists, list of suppliers, CAD drawings and a general work...

Hi Geof,

I initially discarded chains due to the fact that they have very little tolerance for tensioning, and without tensioning there would be to much play. Do you have personal experience with...

Hi everyone, I'm building a 6m x 2m plasma table (18 x 6 ft) and I have been looking into buying racks/pinions for Y and X axis. Due to the cost of the rails ($600 and with shipping and VAT comes out...

If you add antifreeze or cutting-fluid (the type where you mix it with water) it will solve your problem without having to coat the surface.

Yours

Jarl

:wave:

Building my first CNC plasma table in Reykjavik Iceland.

Yours

Jarl Stefansson
www.rugludallur.com

Hi Tom,

Thanks for your advice, the only reason I had those 2000oz monsters in mind was that I had the option to buy them cheap. I had pretty much made up my mind to have one stepper on each side...

Here is an FAQ on how to share files via Bittorrent, I copied this from bittorrent.com where you can find it under http://www.bittorrent.com/guide.html



1. Get a tracker


You need a tracker...

Hi Peter,

Hypertherm is a pretty sure bet and although I don't have exact sales figures they are probably the most popular brand for hobby and professional cutters.
Depending on how much you use...

If you expect many people to download at once the best solution is by far to use Bittorrent. With Bittorrent anyone downloading is also uploading, this means that the more people who are dowloading...

Great looking machine Apples, there are a couple of questions that I have if you have the time.

Apples:
1. How dit the "no gear" strategy pay off ?
2. How are the gecko drives functioning?
3....

First off any advise given is greatly appreciated.

I have a fairly good metal workshop and I am looking to add a CNC table to the setup. Mostly this will be used for plasma cutting but it might do...