Plasma made in a barn as cheap as possible :) and it's not going smooth

Yup i've seen that, but having a choice of materials i plan on using frequently might be easyier to handle on long term i guess.

That is untill i get the cash for un upgrade to a Hypertherm 45XP, but those things are very expensive in europe

phillc54 wrote:

All you need to do is use the default material (i.e. don't select a meterial in the gcode) and you can change any of the parameters in the Run Panel. If you type a value in then you DO need to press "Return".

But that implies one cut per run instead of a nice Gcode routine that cuts a series of lines at different heights or speeds which is how I dialed in my Everlast.

jay1st wrote:

Could i use a Hyperthem table with speeds and rates depending on thickness as a base to start with ?

I doubt it. They seem to cut much faster than other machines. Maybe the Thermal Dynamics cut charts might be a better choice. They are slower.

phillc54 wrote:

rodw wrote:

But that implies one cut per run instead of a nice Gcode routine that cuts a series of lines at different heights or speeds which is how I dialed in my Everlast.

So what is the required number of cuts to do it all in one run?

I don't have an example here at home but I had a routine with a heap of variables at the top to define behaviour. So it would define line length, number of lines, start speed, speed increment and a flag that if set true, it would cut out the whole set so you could pick it up and turn it over to inspect. And a similar one to change cut height.