Hi Guys. I'm looking into upgrading a friend's esab plasma cutter.
I has a 1996 dual floppy controller and all the old goodies to work. I'd like to upgrade it to use a windows or linux based pc.
I don't know anything about cnc but I'm ready to learn and assemble the pieces.
I posted the same project on linuxcnc to have some feedback about using the software to run the machine. I don't know which components I will have to keep. The primary goal is ti use a moden interface and computer to run this beast. It uses a Hypertherm Max200 which we would like to remove and use a less power hungry cutter.
I will post pics of the machine.
Any info about the required components and software to buy to start this upgrade is welcome.
Thanks.