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bryan408curtis PlasmaCam Retrofit 10-20-2020, 10:47 PM
Joe Jones Re: PlasmaCam Retrofit 07-04-2021, 03:22 AM
jduke Re: PlasmaCam Retrofit 07-04-2021, 04:58 AM
SignTorch Re: PlasmaCam Retrofit 07-10-2021, 01:46 PM
jduke Where were you 2 years ago... 07-10-2021, 04:09 PM
Joe Jones Re: PlasmaCam Retrofit 07-23-2021, 05:40 PM
  1. #1
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    Re: PlasmaCam Retrofit

    Joe.

    I’m fairly certain they are using something besides the plasmacam servos.
    plasmacam used proprietary motors and go to great lengths to obscure the specs so that you have to buy parts from them.

    Duke

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    Re: PlasmaCam Retrofit

    Quote Originally Posted by jduke View Post
    Joe.

    I’m fairly certain they are using something besides the plasmacam servos.
    plasmacam used proprietary motors and go to great lengths to obscure the specs so that you have to buy parts from them.

    Duke
    they're ordinary servos so you can run them with an ordinary servo drive

    https://readytocut.com/community/for...-retrofit.190/
    www.signtorch.com

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    Quote Originally Posted by SignTorch View Post
    they're ordinary servos so you can run them with an ordinary servo drive

    https://readytocut.com/community/for...-retrofit.190/

    Where were you 2 years ago when I was looking for a way to drive the servos on my plasmacam trash heap?

    I couldn’t find anyone that had successfully reused their motors so I pulled them off and fit steppers onto it trying to make a router out of it.

    It’s a passable router with some significant changes Y and Z are now on linear slides but the Y axis is still on the not so great bearings on painted tube.

    Since then I have built 3 other machines and have used what I learned on the plasmacam trash heap rebuild to make all 3 much better machines.

    I kept the servos, maybe I should convert that table back to plasma and sell it.

    Thanks for the link.

    Duke

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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 assembly?

    Joe 27 07764 042
    Franklin, KY., USA

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