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    Re: Newbie needing help please!

    Hi, if you are still looking for help contact me and I will help you.

    Send your contact info and other information to addmenow(at)mail.com

    Joe
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    Advice and Help Needed!

    I have recently become interested in the home hobby level blue diode lasers. I have already purchased six different machines, or rather, six different X-TOOL D1 PRO lasers, with various heads and...
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    Re: AutoCAD to PCM & Custom Designs

    We cannot (legally) decompile DesignEdge software in order to make changes or improvements, so that is not an option.

    Joe
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    Re: GIGANTIC BARN CLOCK TOURIST TRAP

    This kind of stuff just fascinates me.

    http://youtu.be/Bp4tGTNNi1I

    http://youtu.be/WmX3xE_Pick
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    Re: GIGANTIC BARN CLOCK TOURIST TRAP

    A CAD blueprint ... Yeah, in a perfect world ...

    I am thinking that I can mount a motor with a main drive gear. Then design off of that, to make other components. Sort of like gluing popsicle...
  6. Rail Lift Kits - Gives The PlasmaCam table 6" of Z

    I had a set of these kits made for the PlasmaCam and Samson 510 tables. I have sold nine of them, and have 16 more remaining kits available. You CAN run your table without the $998.00 Customizable...
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    GIGANTIC BARN CLOCK TOURIST TRAP

    I have wasted a lot of time doing other things, but one of my "To Do" items is to build a gigantic working mechanical clock that wraps the entire exterior of my FrankenBarn. The barn is a metal...
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    Re: AutoCAD to PCM & Custom Designs

    Sorry to be the party pooper, but I have great luck in converting images using DesignEdge. I teach people how to use the DesignEdge software online, and I do it for FUN! I don't charge for my time....
  9. Re: Plasma Torch Fires Arc Three Times Won't Run

    I am not familiar with the TD 51, but let me take a wild guess at something ...

    Have you CHANGED anything electric or electronic in your shop recently?

    I ask, because I have received many calls...
  10. Re: I bought an older plasmacam setup and am having a connection problem

    It will either be 3.02 or 3.11. Good stuff, Maynerd!

    Joe
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    Re: New pipe cutter on the drawing board.

    I have re-designed the cutter four times. I am now building a working prototype. If it works as I expect it will, PlasmaCam may put out a hit on me, because they will never sell another pipe...
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    Re: PlasmaCam Retrofit

    Where are you located, and what PlasmaCam parts do you want to sell? I am always open to picking up more parts for PlasmaCam tables.

    A controller box?
    A gantry tube assembly?
    A carriage...
  13. Re: Plama large scale pipe cutter, drive motor question

    You want to cut 3/4" tubing on an angle for welding, and you want to rotate a multi-ton pipe in sync with a plasma cutter.

    First, what plasma cutting machine are you currently using? What torch? ...
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    New pipe cutter on the drawing board.

    I have designed a pipe cutting attachment for the PlasmaCam table that will let ANYONE cut pipe without needing to disassemble your table to "Frankenstein" your gantry tube into a pipe cutter, only...
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    Re: PlasmaCam Retrofit

    So, are you using the original PlasmaCam motors, or did you replace them with STEPPER motors to run with your software?

    Joe
  16. Re: I bought an older plasmacam setup and am having a connection problem

    Hi,

    First, you won't be able to access the PlasmaCam Owners Community forum until the table is properly registered in YOUR NAME with PlasmaCam. You must have PlasmaCam's blessing in order to get...
  17. Re: Plasma Cam Controller, Tube Cutter, Config and able to modify?

    Another pipe cutting concept for the PlasmaCam table

    http://youtu.be/hssteGLoBuA
  18. Current and FREE Online Training for DesignEdge

    I am sick and tired of this covid B.S.!!!

    If you need help working out an issue with a design or drawing, or you want to learn more about drawing in DesignEdge, I am again available for free...
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    Re: DesignEdge cutting length measurements off

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    Hi,

    Those photos are useless. Too blurry. however, I would be glad to help you figure out the problem, if you have not already done so. Where are you located?

    Joe

    >>>>...
  20. Re: DesignEdge ONLINE Training - Limited Time Offer

    Please DELETE this thread.

    Joe
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    Some Great Software You Can Use

    As I was searching for software that would help me with the geometry of kinetic metal art, I was pointed to this software called LINKAGE. It is a bit difficult to learn, and the You Tube training...
  22. Re: went from a hand held torch to a machine torch Herpertherm 45 to a 85. Plasmacam

    The design of that ohmic sensing ring is bad. You should either replace it with a new one, or you can TRY to bend the tab down to make contact with the shield.

    One of my clients who hired me to...
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    One more old college try

    I have said many times that I really do enjoy working with the DesignEdge software, and even the PlasmaCam tables. When they cut well, they cut well!

    I took a breather for a a little over a year...
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    Re: I Need Suggestions for a Vacuum Table

    Yeah ... I tried to use The Force, but I am beginning to believe that really doesn't work.
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    Re: I Need Suggestions for a Vacuum Table

    It seems easier to create a board for pegs around the outside of the material, and drive wedges between pegs placed in holes and the edges of the material to be routed.

    I was using strips of...
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    Re: I Need Suggestions for a Vacuum Table

    Wow! You guys sure know a lot more about this than I do!

    Using MDF as a spoil board, doesn't the surface suffer vacuum loss when you begin carving into it? Should I start with a solid frame and...
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    Re: I Need Suggestions for a Vacuum Table

    Hey! Now there is an idea! I would have to find a way to be sure to filter out any particles from the routed material so they are not fed INTO the compressor, but ....
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    Re: I Need Suggestions for a Vacuum Table

    Well, I believe I am going to take a shot at building a vac table insert for this machine. A hollow flat box with ribs to prevent the top from caving in under the vacuum pressure. I will study your...
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    Re: I Need Suggestions for a Vacuum Table

    I have done a lot of routing with my Samson 510 CNC Plasma table, using assorted routers mounted in place of the plasma torch.

    The table is somewhat accurate, but I wouldn't try to build a space...
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    Re: I Need Suggestions for a Vacuum Table

    Thank you for the replies! I have been spending the day educating myself on this, and it is looking more and more like I will just end up buying a Shop Sabre Pro 510 table.

    PRO Series - CNC...
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