Homemade, cheap, plasma CNC

Been a big weekend for the CNC.

Cut the old mounting system out of the water table and designed and installed the new one. 

Changed the slat orientation, made new slats, new slat holders.

One of things that I should have done from the start, but didn't. It all works much better now. 

Next thing on the list is to redo the laser mounts.

Pics below.

new slat holders and mounts in place.
   

precision slat height tool


new slats in place
   

Well it’s been a while.

This CNC is an absolute workhorse! I love it!

Everything works and just keeps chugging away, thanks to the amazing support from all the guys and girls on here.

Check out some of the cool stuff we make here.
https://youtube.com/@rnjfabrication4291

Well, after 6 years, it’s time to say good bye to this baby. It’s about to leave and move to its new home.

Stay tuned to see my new build that I started last night.

Much the same, just a bit bigger, and faster, and more powerful.

Thanks for all the help and support. I’m probably going to need it for the next one as well.

Cheers

So in its new home now.

Guy has upgraded to 2.9.3.

Now the arc ok only works once per job. So if it’s got 4 cuts, arc ok and thc works on the first cut, but after this it fails out until you select ignore arc ok.

Doesn’t happen on my new machine setup the same.

Heading there now to check it out.

Any ideas?

Does the VAD led remain ON during this?
Always, always disable automation when checking stuff, and enable one by one after fixing things, so auto volts off, void lock off, VAD off, etc.
Only leave THC ON, and do check the Active led while cutting.