My Newb Plasma Table Attempted Build
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tommylight wrote:
That is way to much for those, they should be from 1.2 to 1.7$/ea.dvn4life1972 wrote:
I did just find 16T 2mm pitch pulleys on Amazon for $8/ea.
www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksi...+gt2+pulley&_sacat=0
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www.amazon.com/WINSINN-Aluminum-Synchron...id=1588163183&sr=8-8
Just make sure the bore is what you need.
The ebay link is out of stock on 16T. I searched Amazon earlier and it didn't return any 16T sets like you found...much better set of 5 for same price as one I found lol. Gotta see if I have enough belt now to do the whole thing or of I need to order some with it.
Pat
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2m + 2 pulleys
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www.amazon.com/Timing-Pulley-Teeth-Width...d=1588166027&sr=8-32
5m 10mm wide + 2 pulleys
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dvn4life1972 wrote:
That's a sexy looking beast you built there Rod. Especially that Z axis, although it's all very nice indeed!
Thanks, it only took 3 months in my spare time to design and build...
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dvn4life1972 wrote:
That's a sexy looking beast you built there Rod. Especially that Z axis, although it's all very nice indeed!
Thanks, it only took 3 months in my spare time to design and build...
The whole machine, or just the Z?
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Had a hiccup with the float switch, got that all squared away and got my torch holder put together. I'm not real sure how to test touchoff, I have no idea how or where to get g code files to test the base machine.
It does do 1200in/min without crashing. I reduced that limit to 900in/min. And I don't see the need for that much, to be honest. Sure am glad it stopped softly every time

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dvn4life1972 wrote:
rodw wrote:
dvn4life1972 wrote:
That's a sexy looking beast you built there Rod. Especially that Z axis, although it's all very nice indeed!
Thanks, it only took 3 months in my spare time to design and build...
The whole machine, or just the Z?
The Z axis complete and Y motor assembly. Making the gantry to mount it to only took a day or so.
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dvn4life1972 wrote: I'm basically running down a list of stuff to do so I can then progress into plasmac.
I'm not real sure how to test touchoff, I have no idea how or where to get g code files to test the base machine.
Pat
There are some example gcode files deployed with plasmac. A lot of people cut the Plasmac Spanner

github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/tree/master/nc_files/plasmac
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dvn4life1972 wrote: Thanks Rod. I was going strictly by the plasmac guide, which emphatically says to have a good base machine (no crashes, limits good, no plasma connections, and able to run some gcode). So do you mean I should be ok sans running some gcode, all other things being good and well?
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Try it, it should work as PLasmac does all its magic without touching gcode . But there is other sample code published as part of Linuxcnc.
BUt I would recommend that you learn enough about Gcode to draw a square in the air. That may teach you a thing or two about G64 offsets before you get going...
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