[magma-joe]

Got the Z all set up. It is a K2 floating head with 6" of travel. I mounted it to some .5" X 1" 80/20 rack and that has an additional 4" of travel if needed to cut tall or thick stuff. I talked possum plasma (Mick, a swell guy) into letting me try a plasma cam DHC2 breakaway and fit it up to the K2 floater. It went well and it is has two things going for it: brilliant and simple. It will work great. Strong and very repeatable. If it crashes, simply put it back on, no fuss. It naturally "goes home".

Our new system will utilize a remote monitor that will be wall mounted. I picked up a enclosure from automation direct (I have used many advertisers here on the zone with really good luck) and cut out the front and back to hold filters/fans and a piece of lexan/polycarbonate to protect the 27" monitor. It will be mounted by a VESA mount to the wall.

WSS

WSS, Your water bladder looks like it works great! After reading one of Jim Colts posts on another forum about cutting aluminum on a water table using a bladder I decided it might not be safe for me since I cut so much aluminum. He said draining the aluminum particles into the bladder would allow the hydrogen gas to accumulate inside the enclosed bladder. A potential "boom"

I am confused by the floating head design you are refering to? Are you not going to use a THC system? Apparently you are not going to reuse the Dynatorch torch slide?

Magma-joe

[WSS]

Magma-joe,

The bladder we are using has a 3/4" valve on top of it to vent out air to drop the water back into it (I probably should have put a 1" valve to speed the drop). The air is changed every time it is raised and lowered, so I think it probably is safe for hydrogen build up. Are the aluminum particles the culprit or is it the cutting vapor?

The floating head triggers a switch when it touches the surface. It floats about 1/4" before the switch is triggered. Once it is triggered the Z rises the amount of float plus your arc start height, then goes through the pierce sequence. The K2 has a light touch which will be helpful with "un-clean" slats LOL. We might go four or five sheets before they get a good scraping, so plates tends to get wobbly. I really like the Snap 'n Cut breakaway, I think it will be a nice feature.

Yesterday I did 6 hours of oxy cutting on the water table, cuts were slower but cleaner. The sound was way different too. I dropped the water to 3" under the plate and had virtually no slag. Sometimes you will get a lot of slag when you get back to the pierce area because of the extra heat, the water solved that.

WSS

[WSS]

Got a little bit more done this weekend. This is the housing for the computer and the MP-3000. It has filtered fans and filtered exhaust to handle cooling. This has a clear cover so we can see the lights on the console.

WSS

[WSS]

About 200lbs of gear showed up today from CandCnc! I have only had time to open and take a quick look so far. The motors are huge. The slave side mount will have to be milled to make room for the 12" of motor and gearbox.

WSS

[Benderart]

Mate, that Snap 'n Cut looks like it was built to fit the DynaTorch.
Glad it worked out for you....if I can help in any way in the future just give me a holler.....

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