Plasma THC

Got it working and it's working good. THC is almost a must have for long cuts. Made a small classic ladder program for the under, ok, over indicators.

link to vid.
www.dropbox.com/s/tgl8bx1dc1qu4vm/VIDEO0054.mp4

nozzle is old but still cutting ok with the thc.

BigJohnT wrote:

Looking good! I like the scenery outside your door... The THC panel looks familiar...

John

Yeah, I like your panel layout. Thanks for all your help.

One thing I may need to do is turn off the THC during the pierce movement. I was cutting some 1/2" steel and the thc would cause the nozzle to dive and touch material until the torch stared moving horizontally. I think I could do it in classic ladder and have the THC turn on when Z axis is below a set point like 0.065". Do you know of a better way?

Tim

I may not be doing things right. I was doing edge starts with a pierce movement and a slight delay. Maybe I shouldn't do that.