Rods "Spaceship" Scratch built Plasma Cutter build

I think that you need to build a fibre laser cutter now.
 

phillc54 wrote:

I think that you need to build a fibre laser cutter now.

 

Don't tempt me! I have a mesa control panel with lam drives here fully built too! Maybe a dainty plasma like yours is in order.
I'd like to do more with ethercat drives. I'd like to do custom homing for cia402 drives and Dewey has done a lot of work with the code since my last try so I think it would be pretty easy now!

Just imagine 220v AC drives homing to absolute encoders and ethercat IO module up with the torch! There would be almost no wiring!

I like this build. Would like parts list and plans associated with it.

EDIT: SOLD!
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hey all, sorry to bring up an old thread, but I thought I might be able to offer something to help someone out there complete their own plasma build. 

I bought this Everlast 50s plasma off Rod some time ago to start my build at a time where I couldn't afford a Hypertherm. The plasma and all of Rod's information from this thread and others of his on the WWW allowed me to build my own CNC plasma on a budget with absolutely no prior experience in electronics. The CNC rapidly allowed me to upgrade to a bigger Hypertherm machine so now I would like to offer somebody else the opportunity to buy the same Everlast 50s for their own build.

A 45A Hypertherm is around $4,150 and a Unimig is around $1,549, so I think $750 plus shipping is a fair price considering it will come with a machine torch and consumables. I am located in Melbourne if pickup is preferred.

See link below for more details on the unit. PowerPlasma 50S.pdf