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Well I am sending the Gecko's back for repair, both Gecko and CandCNC have offered to help me out of my boneheaded move, gratis, I must say I cannot recommend them, both, highly enough...

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Well, my project is back on the front burner after an embarrassingly long break. This has been mechanically done (minus the water table install) for several months now. I have all my...

Thanks for posting the DTHC connections inside your Thermal Dynamics plasma. That is just the information I was looking for. Sweet build, very clean!
Cheers, Erick

Well, I got all the controls from you ,Torchhead. About, well, three or four years ago ( I am ashamed to admit how long this has taken me) and have contacted you recently about differential signal...

Thanks for the insight, nwrepair1.

I am doing a search on 16ga twisted pair shielded and I seem to only be finding small gauge telephone wire. I have the encoders running about 4 inches away from...

Wow, nwrepair1, thank you for the detailed explanation!

That is just the sort of thing I really need, not just what to do, but why. I have very sandy soil, that is hard packed and dry most of...

Well, Radio Shack didn't have capacitors rated that high. They don't really carry much DIY stuff anymore. Better than nothing, but they are really more of a cell phone store now. Guess I will need to...

Like a fence post driver!

Wow, I feel dumb, I made one of those years ago to help put up some barb wire fence. I think I still have it in my shed, it appears I do have the right tool for the...

Thank you all for the concise information. I think I will go down to Home Depot this weekend to pick up some copper clad. I am still a bit unsure how well I will do driving a ten foot spike into the...

I am looking into what I need to do for a ground rod or spike for my plasma table. Most seem to call out copper or copper clad 6 to 8 feet long (the one outside my house seems to be plain rebar)....

Thanks Millman52, this shows how weak my electrical skills are.

I am fairly decent at following simple schematics, but the schematics from CandCNC as well as Gecko don't seem very specific. I do...

Well it has almost been a year since I first posted this build. I have gotten a lot done, I am about to 90% on the mechanical, with some small brackets to make for sensor flags, mounts for the e...

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I am in the final stages of a table build using 90vdc servos on the x,y and a. I have a 72vdc power supply servicing the system and I need to source a new z axis servo, and I am looking at...

Thanks for helping me with my weak search-fu. Any suggestion as to the proper ground put the "case ground" to?
Cheers, Erick

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Forgive this newb's beginning wiring question. I am wiring up my plasma table after a long build. I procrastinated at the end as wiring is not my forte, and now I can't find any...

That came out sweet, Dustin407! Excellent craftsmanship on a very clean design and build. I am curious if you have any limit switches, are they on the gantry?

I am doing the final wiring on my...

Thank you, Torchhead, that helps confirm I am at least going in the right direction.

Does anyone know if my estimation on performance is close? Would a servo rated at 3200 @ 90v put out...

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Hope your Memorial Day weekend was enjoyable. I was out of town for four days so I was out of touch.

Thanks for the comments. Initially, I have it set up for three...

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I just wanted to post some pictures of my project thus far. This has been an on again – off again (mostly long periods of off) project for about 2 and a half years as I scrounged for...

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Until recently,I have been on the slow track to building my own 4' x 10' CNC plasma. Designed and purchased the bulk of the materials 2 years ago. I finally started building it...

Igalla, I am building a oversize 48 x 120 table and used the same 50mm wide belt on both the X and Y as well as 6 each of the same 4" aluminum pulleys and belt clamp plates, ended up around 1300...

Thank you, Torchhead, for your reply. You are most active on this board and if it weren't for you there would be far fewer answers. Hopefully when I gain experience I will have more to contribute.
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I was inspired by this website this past May to build rather than buy my CNC plasma table. I went about gathering all the parts through surplus sites and the ubiquitous eBAy. I...

HOLY %$#^@! I haven't gotten my quote back from brecoflex, but a couple of quotes came back for rack and pinions. I had already priced the rack and pinion through McMaster Carr but thought I would...

Thank you, Eric, I know of these sources. I had hoped for some first hand information from someone who had already used a particular vendor on thier project, and what they might have used.
Cheers,...

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I am about finished sourcing and purchasing all the components for my plasma table project. I have been designing around the parts I have sourced. The last thing I have to get is the...

Greetings, thanks, energyforce! I don't know why I could not locate it, I perused that website for half an hour. I had originally thought a ready made one with track would be easier to find for less...

I appreciate the idea, however I can not seem to find them on the link you provided. Do you remember what they were called?
Cheers, Erick Davidson

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Please excuse my electrical ignorance, I am a mechanical engineer and most of this seems like voodoo to me. I am building a 5' x 10' plasma table with the possibility of router...

Greetings, does anyone have a good source for a ready made torch holder. The standard 1 3/8 with 32 pitch, like the type on the Bug-o track welder. I realize this is a simple thing to make, but it...