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A project log for CNC Plasma Table

Plasma Cutter + CNC Table + Auto Load/Unload = Tool to build other projects faster

willbadenwillbaden 07/27/2016 at 01:280 Comments

When I first started this project I wanted to keep the build as cheap as possible. So I started to reach for anything that was already at my disposal. This meant using steel square tubing on hand and printer parts. The x axis was an industrial printer that was being tossed due to the company going out of business.

This has been in storage for a few years waiting for a project to be used on. It is not as much travel as I would really want (5 ft) but will work for now. The original design was going to utilize wheels that were off of a side paper attachment of a copy machine. Similar to the one that is being used on the 3D printer build (put aside for this project, but not forgotten). The old design was also going to use some wire cables. They might have been from a volleyball net, but do not remember for certain.

The Printer was going to sit on top of the wheels that would ride along the top of the steel tubing.

The white stands in the picture also came from the printing business. This held up another machine that I don't remember what it was for. Sitting in storage just as long as the printer. These are to hold up the frame of the motion of the plasma table. The shafts on either side of the frame were also from the same printer. They were going to be used to pull the cable back and forth.

The design then changed.

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