Tom's <add number here> plasma build

Will do, of course.
That will be the weight of just the gantry support with gantry and motors. Table will be another 5 to 600 Kg for sure.
I always build separate table for plasma machines, one more step to avoiding interferences.
Where i live, grounding ( earthing ) is uterly unimportant for folks here, that is why we have 4 to 7 deaths from electrocution every year.
I refuse to do any work anywhere without proper grounding.

Got some more done today, had to call a friend to help as everything is to heavy for one person. Got to drill and tap ( by hand mind you ) 24 M10 holes, took over 3 hours, drill 4mm, drill 7mm, drill 9.1mm left twist of all things, tap M10. Holes on the plates where done yesterday at 8mm so had to do them again at 10mm. Tomorrow more joy of drillin a spot with 7mm drill, change to 4mm drill through, change to 5mm drill again, tap M6 by hand <== repeat this 41 times at 6cm distances, i already did one tonight to spare some work. The other side will have 2 card engine belt tensioners as bearings and no rail, but will have a rack, or if i can find, long car engine toothed belts. Already got the water pump pulleys. I try to use common stuff as much as possible as i can easily find them localy, was told a 2.6 meter long belt would cost 35 Euro, way cheaper than rack and pinion, and plenty strong for forces it will encounter, minus the vibrations and the setup time neede for proper rack mounting. Oh and i can buy new in a box with warranty water pumps for 10 euro a piece, just add another big pulley, and we got a reduction. Well the water pumps have sealings and that needs some force to move, so the seals must come off, or use other bearings.
Below are some pictures from today, had to move a lot of stuff in the workshop to make it fit and be able to move around, got the motorcycles and bikes out last night and covered them with a tarp, forgot to mention i own another Kawasaki GPZ600 besides 2 Yamahas, stripped to the bones literarly just the frame and wheels with brakes, will do a bettery setup when i get old......oh wait, i am already old so got to hurry. The engine from the Kawasaki is mounted on a compressor tank with an 3KW motor, waiting for 4 valves to be run as an air compressor. The good things : it has water cooling so can run all day if required, has lubrication with alarm sensors if it goes low, and can be spun at 11.500 RPM, so filling a 300 liter tank should take about 2 minutes.
Ok ok on to pictures....

They do no harm so i left them there, would have saved about 1kg if removed, not much.
Thanks.

That must have sucked bad. I wonder......nevermind.
Then again, where is that scrap heap located???
Thanks for sharing bro, i am taking it easy today as my right hand hurts badly from all the hand drilling and taping yesterday, although i have to push on later today, as Mr. Smith from Matrix said : It is inevitable!
Regards,
Tom

Did not do much yesterday and today, was out and about looking at some used parts, found a bunch of Allen Bradley VFD Powerflex 700 at 5.5 KW, some ABB VFD at 15 and 45 KW that i have no use for yet and a nice 2.6KW servo motor. Did not buy anything at all, was asked 250 euro for the 700, 1500 for ABB and 200 for the servo. Price was no big deal, the pittiful state they were in was. Will have to wait a few days and make an offer for 700 and motor and some other stuff i currently do not need at all.
Back on topic,
Got the gantry in place although i did not drill and tap all the holes for the HGR25 rail, just in case i do not bend or brake something while putting the thing in place. Made a holder for the 2 belt tensioner rollers for the side with no rail from 2 pieces of 45X45 aluminium extrusion ( Bosch ), added a piece of metal 32X25Cm above the carriages and under the gantry as i had it already drilled for HGH25 cariages, so now the gantry slides nicely.
Will have to do something for reduction, but i am waiting to get a bigger lathe that should arive in a few days, the small one i have squeels like a piggy when i do HRC45 steel shafts. Also should get the long belts so i can test how it does moving the heavy gantry so i will have to make some holding and adjusting brackets for them.
More fun ( i can say that now since i have not much tapping left to do )
Regards,
Tom

Had a smal accident yesterday morning, of the 3 people involved in 2 cars i was the only one injured, call it bad luck. Just a smal neck and face injury, so now walking in right turns as the left side is stiff.
Still managed to mount a holder and 2 wheels to the outside of gantry support so it can not move sideways. Did a check on the force requred to move the gantry and it needs 1.5Kg to start and 1Kg afterwards to keep it moving, or what i like to call smooooooth.
More to come after a bit of rehab.