Re: Hello from Canada
I have restro-fitted and serviced a few Plasma tables in the past.One retro-fit was 35 feet in length!!
5X10 is a decent sized table, you are going to need servo's, I tended to use rack and pinion, The traveling gantry part complete with torch etc, is going to be fairly heavy.
If you have the opportunity, look over some commercial tables to get the idea.
Al.
CNC, Mechatronics Integration and Custom Machine Design
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