Another plasma component...

To me, the real issue is when the material warps above the probe height and Plasmac can't recover.

Well it should go to the top of Z and pause, allowing the operator to determine the cause, it may well have hit a part that has tipped up.

phillc54 wrote:

To me, the real issue is when the material warps above the probe height and Plasmac can't recover.

Well it should go to the top of Z and pause, allowing the operator to determine the cause, it may well have hit a part that has tipped up.

Are you sure it does that and not go into an endless probing loop? Thats what I see here.

Are you sure it does that and not go into an endless probing loop? Thats what I see here.

It definitely does on my sim and I am sure it did on the test rig but that is pulled apart now.
I should be able to try it on my real machine sometime this week.

It gives one of these error messages:

float switch detected while moving to probe height program is paused
ohmic probe detected while moving to probe height program is paused

then Z goes to the top and the program pauses

Well the good news is that the LinuxCNC buildbot now has PlasmaC in the master branch packages and the documents are now online as well, in both HTML and PDF format.

The latest version has an updated Statistics tab with figures per job and totalled plus run time and torch on time were added.

phillc54 wrote: Well the good news is that the LinuxCNC buildbot now has PlasmaC in the master branch packages and the documents are now online as well, in both HTML and PDF format.

The latest version has an updated Statistics tab with figures per job and totalled plus run time and torch on time were added.

Awesome work, Phill, you should feel very proud of what you've achieved.
So does this mean you can build your plasma table now?

So does this mean you can build your plasma table now?

It was my intention to have another crack at it tomorrow but the chief has other ideas...