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As I stated, I didn't have problems dealing with Pcnc. I had a few minor glitches with the equipment at the start and a kabillion questions and Joe or Josh were easy to work with and get these...

Thanks for the information, I suspected that was the case. Actually I've haven't had problems with my Pcnc table after the initial start up which is why I lost contact with them. I suppose if I want...

Can anyone tell me if Practical CNC in Eaton Mi is still doing business?
I bought one of their plasma tables in 2005 and would like to update it with ATHC. An E-mail to Joe Rathbun the owner was...

I just loaded V23 into my plasma (upgrading from V21) I have the BobCAD provided post processor CD but I don't find the post processor for Practical CNC (which in my V21 system is likely a varient in...

I'm planning to upgrade the CPU and operating system for my plasma table in the not too distant future. Time to let go of Windows 2000 pro and get at least XP on this system. I'm also considering new...

I'm saddened to here you guys kinda' got screwed on this. The BC salesman was quite persistant so I agreed to buy V-23 to upgrade V-21. This was on a Friday. The salesman stated that I would need to...

I'm a little concerned now. I never went with V22 first due to all the bugs then when I found out V22 didn't support plasma. I'm dropping an e-mail to BobCad to cancel out. Thankfully I have not...

I'm wondering now if for as much as I use this whole system, whether it's worth the headaches to learn new over again.

I've read thru the posts here. I have V20 and V21. I'm still in the learning curve on V21 as I only get a chance to use it when I need a couple parts cut out. (I have a CNC plasma table).
I commited...

Hi Harry, I'm pretty sure this could be used almost like a lathe if one were so inclined. However that's not the intent. I build custom exhaust systems so I wanted something I could plasma cut heat...

The bain of my existance for some time now, easy diametrical cutting on a plasma table Solution? build a rolling axis. I have this made up primarily out of scrap I've accumulated. I can chuck upto 6"...

I posted this in another thread in this forum but it apparently went un-noticed. I'm building a rotory spindle with 2 centers that I can chuck a length of pipe in and lay on my plasma cutting table....

This has had me perplexed all day. Math isn't one of my strong points and favorite son is away at college now. I have a 4'x8' CNC plasma table and I'm adding a rotational axis. I made 2 tapered...

Tonight I cut out a sheet of 18 gage rectangular for delivery tomorrow morning. This is 38"X by 57"Y. I started with a new sheet so I lined the sheet for X and Y based on program 0. I used the...

My new Bobcad V21.5.3 disk arrived today as Bobcad said it would. I didn't have time to load and register it, so that will wait until Monday. Hopefully a clean hard copy will solve this issues I've...

I believe the general line of thought here is that the missing DLL file is one that should have copied off the source computer and didn't. The program seems to run fine on the source computer. Big...

I spoke with Bobcad this morning. I have to hand it to them, they are trying to help. Rather than fight with the "bought program" they registered the one I downloaded last Friday night. All is well...

UPDATE
I had a friend stop down today the works with CNC at a local industry. He looked thru my Bobcad installation and couldn't make heads or tails of it either. I downloaded the demo of v-21 into...

I will be calling Bobcad on Monday. What's funny (or not) is when I buy something I explain to the sales people what I want to do and expect that they will put together what they offer to do it. One...

If you've seen some of my other posts on this site, you know that I'm starting up my PCNC table that has been in mothballs for the last 3 years. At that time I bought Bobcad V20 from a slick Bobcad...

Gerry
Thanks, If it's going to be that much hassle, I might just solder a cable on to the motor connections and use a more common plug connector on the other end. Got bigger headaches with the...

Hi, I'm in the process of putting together a new "R" or rotational axis for my table. I plan to fire this axis off the supply to the X axis of the table when I use it.
The stepper motor I'm planning...

Have to laugh at the issues with V22. I've gotten cards from Bobcad about trying V22 but just tossed them. I just got my table up and running with V21! This is a lot like the windows vista and XP...

Thanks for the help guys! I won 2 of the motors I was looking for on Fleabay tonight. Excellent used condition and only about a hundred miles away. Real decent price too!

I just fired up my 4 x 8 plasma table and I'm already planning a few 'revisions'. The steppers on this are Pacific Scientific powermax II M22 65 volt motors. I would like to get at least one and...

Trying to figure out a simple issue with my WinCNC controlled plasma table to get it up and running. I need to get the dwell time set so the system pauses while the plasma is piercing. I haven't...

I spoke with one of the fellows at Practical CNC a few days ago about my start up plans for the table I've had in mothballs for several years. He was nice enough to send me a couple instructional...

Hope most of you saw my intro thread in the "club house". Well anyway I've been beating my head against the wall on this machine all weekend. Everything was set up 3 years ago then mothballed....

I just found your forum from one of my welding forums. I'm ready to start the other side of the stainless fabrication business. I've been doing custom exhaust system fabricating for about 16 years...