Well officially starting my first plasma table build. I pulled the trigger on what i feel like is a deal. its an older model precision plasma 4x8 linear v rail gantry assembly. $1500 with out z axis as i want to install a floating setup for touch and go and torch height control. I have pretty extensive steel fab experience so building the table wont be the challenge, but the electronics is going to be a little daunting. Now that i have the Gantry setup. I need to figure out which Z axis to buy. Hot Rod Fabs z axis looks like it could be a good fit https://www.hotrodfab.com/purchase.html any one have any other recommendation for a floating z axis for touch and go setup. Next to sort out is the electronics. I know the easiest was is to go with a candcnc setup ready to go out of the box with the torch height control. But my problem with buying a run off the shelf setup is that then I don't actually understand how all of the electronics work and if i ever want to upgrade or fix things i would not even know where to start. Does anyone have a good link to an article/video/forum post showing all of the systems/components necessary to properly operate a plasma setup? Or recommendations on a diy setup? Thanks for the input
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