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My last update on my plasma table has been to convert to a water table. I run the water just touching the bottom of the metal and have virtually no dust or smoke. I welded up a tank that sets under...

I live in the Columbia area of MO. Have a lathe, Bridgeport, Hydrulic surface grinder,yada yada. The machine I use almost every day is my CNC plasma table. I built it 6 or 7 years ago and is a...

This is a great Idea. How about sending me a free copy of yours and I will acess it myself as the first examination.

Wives are handy, but not cost effective. Better off sewing your own bellows

Torchhead Your input is very valuable. I appreciate hearing that you don't like the Tracker system. Anyone that feel so strongly against Tracker must have negative personal experience with them. I,...

Don't give up on your dreams. What you have experienced is a marketing issue. That's altogether different than a production issue. Remember, marketing is everything when you want to make money.Think...

Norm, I have nothing but the best from Tracker. Their support is the best in the business. I have been using their stuff for about 4 years, oops, time flies perhaps it has been 5 years, anyway, they...

If you were not able to be at last years workshop, it would be hard to understand how much knowledge was there. I came home thinking that enough brain power was there to build a space shuttle. Come...

so- is anyone here now?

My nickels worth about the term "mil". we used the term when rebuilding steam turbines. IE, 1 mil = 1 thousands of an inch. I looked this up early in my millwright career. It was orginally used as a...

I've had better sucess than .125. By tweaking hole size to determine offset, I have been able to cut good threads in plasma cut holes of 3/8" dia. Some of the things I have learned it to be certain...

Herb, I looked at your invention on e-bay----looks super---hope you make a pile on cash

Hi Apples I use a Hypertherm 900 on my CNC table. It was the biggest available to me at the time. It produces 55 amp and to cut 1/2 in steel is marginal. It cuts I/2" pretty well in X and Y...

sounds like you are on the right track from the earlier posts. As to the polarity thing. DC current flows from the negative pole to the positive pole. The heat flows the same way as the current, so,...

What you want to do is not difficult to achieve. Start by making certain the sides are the same length, measure with precision. Then do the front and back the same way. place the pieces on a table or...

I purchased an oxy solenoid valve for my 3 line victor machine torch from my local welding supplier. I don't remember the cost but it seems like it was around $70. It looks exactly like a "Red Hat"...

I use slats for the bed on my machine. I have arranged the slots that hold the slats vertical so that there is a an "S" curve to the slats. By doing this, the cutting doesen't stay above the slats...

Doug, thanks for the correction. The only waterjet I have seen in operation was under water and I didn't see evidence of grit in the area. I admit that the outfit that owned this machine kept a super...

Because you are asking these questions in the plasma, laser, waterjet section of posts, I assume you are (never a real good thing, to assume) intrested in one of these methods. Because waterjet is...

Vipertx- I completely agree with you if one is truly in the business of fabrication and machine shop. My machine is home built and because of the evolvution and upgrades, I cannot put an accurate...

Thanks for the response Vipertx, I don't see it as that simple though. If I use my plasma table for 2 hours, my welding machines for 2 hours and my hand drill for 6 hours to complete a 10 hour job,...

got two words for you if wanting a cheap way of joining aluminum---pop rivets--- no other option that I know of on the cheap

Tough luck Javadog, having been in your shoes I know what you are going through. Having been a business owner a couple of times I feel qualified to throw in my 2 cents worth. First thing to...

North central Missouri, Macon MO, three hours travel from St. Louis or Kansas City
Short list of abilities and desires:
Retired from real work, too many years of construction as a millwright,...

I have made money with my CNC plasma table but it has mostly been a support machine used in conjunction with contracted fabricating projects. It's hard to separate exactly what to assign money to...

I think it would be a great idea to have a forum that would match masters and apprentices. Personally I have quite a lot of experience with my plasma table but know nothing about setting up my mill...

Hmmmmmmm, I've used a ton of 1/2" X 12 tpi and 5/8" X 11 tpi threaded rod. joe2000che is measuring things correctly

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"never set a pace that you can't maintain" as was told to me 40 years ago when I was a cub millwright

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I have no experience with Practical CNC but have had experience with the other two.
Very bad experience with torchmate, I paid them a lot of money and didn't get a workable system, the time to get...

Check out Tracker plasma tables. Not only are they a very good machine but the support is fantastic.

never set a pace that you can't maintain