3.5X1.5 Meters cnc plasma cutter

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27 Oct 2019 19:10 - 08 Feb 2020 20:29 #148916 by tommylight
Last few days been working on this :

The machine dimensions are 4.2X1.75 meters, cut area will end up to 3.6X1.35 meters, so big enough.
Here are some details of the reductions on both sides:

Other side

Bottom part where the pinion and the big pulley are mounted, gutted two healthy Vexta 5 phase steppers to get the bearing holders and bearings that did the job perfectly:

This is how the frame looked yesterday:

Another shot of the reduction in place:

Regards,
Tom.
P.S.
Adding pictures to this topic also, later.
forum.linuxcnc.org/plasma-laser/35349-op...ea-and-a-lot-of-info

Video of moving gantry here:

Video of it cutting here:
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27 Oct 2019 20:00 #148923 by thefabricator03
Looking good so far Tom,

Cant wait to see it in action!

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27 Oct 2019 20:18 #148924 by machinedude
slightly bigger than what i have going on and it probably took you a week to toss it together compared to my 3 months of building :lol: i'm amazed by the ability to toss it together so quickly.

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27 Oct 2019 20:36 #148925 by tommylight

slightly bigger than what i have going on and it probably took you a week to toss it together compared to my 3 months of building :lol: i'm amazed by the ability to toss it together so quickly.

2 and a quarter days so far, full days from 10AM to 1AM!
Took me 5 days to make room for it as i had to rearrange the shop, to many things, waayyyyy to many things to move and clean !
This is my right hand after two days of drilling and taping hundreds of holes:

Back to work, no slouching allowed ! :)
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27 Oct 2019 20:43 #148928 by machinedude
at least you did not bust a finger tip like me so be thankful. i give you credit on speed of assembly. wish i was able to work like that sometimes.
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27 Oct 2019 22:02 #148933 by Clive S
Tom glad to see you got your mojo working again:)
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27 Oct 2019 22:24 #148935 by tommylight
I quit the job at that factory, got tired of waiting for parts as they were miss handled by that Russian guy, for 3 years he did nothing!
I am to old to be waiting for anything any more! :)

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28 Oct 2019 21:01 #149004 by tommylight
Here is a video of the gantry moving at over 30meters/minute.
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28 Oct 2019 21:51 #149008 by thefabricator03
What kind of power supplies are you using Tom? Are they switch mode units or torodial?

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28 Oct 2019 22:08 #149010 by machinedude
any reason why it's running on the Z axis or is that just for testing movement until everything is configured and finalized?

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