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14 Oct 2019 20:04 #147885 by tommylight
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Tommy has a shortcut here on the forum but it did not work for me on other hardware.

It works perfectly for me on 4 laptops and 2 PC's so far, with Mint 19.1 i would get some complaints rarely but 19.2 works always.
And i do install the kernel and Linuxcnc at the same time, then reboot and it does work properly, Linuxcnc needs 32 more dependencies, all automatically downloaded and installed. I can do the same with two kernels i compiled last year on a big PC, but that has a bit worse latency and takes ages to boot.
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14 Oct 2019 22:28 #147895 by Clive S
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@Rod & Tommy Thanks for the feedback. Do you think it is likely to make any difference to my problem if I install mint.

Tommy Do you have a link to install.

On another note I have ordered a pilot arc plasma with a machine torch www.thewelderswarehouse.com/Welding-Supp...s-Arc-Plasma-40.html.

With this torch parkertorchology.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/SCMP80R.pdf

I should receive it within a week.

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14 Oct 2019 22:44 #147896 by tommylight
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forum.linuxcnc.org/9-installing-linuxcnc...nd-easy-installation
Here you go.
Regards.

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17 Oct 2019 17:31 #148131 by Clive S
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Ok New plasma arrived with pilot arc Cross-Arc www.thewelderswarehouse.com/Welding-Supp...s-Arc-Plasma-40.html .With machine torch

For the THC am I ok to connect on the left side with a 1M R. staight of the terminal on the board with a red mark.

And on the right side with a 1M R to the terminal or the board above the coil marked red on the screw

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17 Oct 2019 17:58 #148134 by tommylight
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On the "left side 2" picture there is a connector on the left bottom side with red and black wires, can you check with DVM if they are connected to the output terminals ?
that would be best place to take the THC voltage as it has some filtering and make wiring easier.
The small board with a toroidal filter looks like the torch on switch filtering, so that should also make wiring easier.
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18 Oct 2019 11:36 #148183 by Clive S
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On the "left side 2" picture there is a connector on the left bottom side with red and black wires, can you check with DVM if they are connected to the output terminals ?
that would be best place to take the THC voltage as it has some filtering and make wiring easier.
The small board with a toroidal filter looks like the torch on switch filtering, so that should also make wiring easier.


Thanks for the feedback.
Unfortunately that connector goes from the bottom board to the middle board Right_side.jpg next to the blue cap. but does not connect to the output terminals.

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01 Feb 2020 23:00 - 01 Feb 2020 23:03 #156327 by Clive S
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To close this thread off. Thanks to all the people that helped me in the building of the machine :woohoo: :cheer:

Very short vid of it cutting 3mm photos.app.goo.gl/y1rsnzJQJUMsQhmo9

Edit: And of course a big thank you to Phil for making it possible with his PlasmaC which is now built into the latest Linuxcnc 2.8 and 2.9
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01 Feb 2020 23:56 #156332 by rodw
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Very nice to see it cutting Clive.

And to think you had to travel all around the world to get that help you mentioned!
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02 Feb 2020 00:42 #156336 by tommylight
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Very nice to see it cutting Clive.

And to think you had to travel all around the world to get that help you mentioned!

Including some obscure countries like mine ! :)
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02 Feb 2020 01:14 #156340 by phillc54
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Glad to see you are up and running Clive, that's a great spanner...

P.S. Gaby said to say hi.
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