[QUOTE=flyinwilly;2218428]It's been 8 years since I built this table and I am delighted to report that it is still running fine. I've had a few problems along the way but nothing major, just stuff wearing out. I've had to replace 2 of the steppers, one of the X axis the Y axis. The shafts snapped right at the motor housing. The downdraft system is still working great and sucking out the smoke and fumes. The water table is getting a little cruddy and I plan on taking it out and repainting. I started to build a new gantry about two years ago but progress has stalled on it - just too busy with money paying jobs.
I have many hundreds of hours of cutting time on the table now. Just replaced the table slats for the 5th time. Glad they are cheap and easy to replace. The Pmax 65 is still running great although I am starting to get a few "STUCK CONSUMABLES", even after replacing them. Will have to clean the torch completely when I shut down for the winter. My THC, the LCTHC from CandCNC, is still working flawlessly. Wish I could find another one to use as spare parts for when it does die (if it ever does).
All in all, this has been a very enjoyable and profitable project. Only wish I had done it years earlier.
Willy[/QUOTE
I have had apx. 11 years from mine. Pretty much ran 8 hrs a day at least 5 days per week. My Win. XP finally crapped out with no issues on hardware from CandCNC. However my stuff is so old I can't get by without installing pretty much an entire new system. Going with the current Linux based system. Microsoft will not obsolete me again!!!
If it works.....Don't fix it!