plasma and oxyfuel cutting on the same configuration

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21 May 2023 16:35 #271848 by daiman444
hello connoisseurs. I have such a situation: on the machine there is a plasma and oxygen cutter on the same carriage. After reading the documentation for qtplasmac, I did not find an answer to such a question: is it possible to start cutting with plasma or oxygen from one configuration, or do you still have to make separate configurations for plasma and for oxygen cutting?

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27 May 2023 18:01 #272275 by jimmyrig
Should be possible to have two different tools with one configuration. Tool 2 would just have an offset from tool 1.

Might not be the easiest way of dealing with it as each tool would have vastly different pierce times, kerfs, etc which could get confusing to manage.

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27 May 2023 21:44 #272289 by tommylight
I always use 2 configurations, that is the only convenient way of using them.
Chances of needing both on one plate are slim to none.
If you have old industrial machines, those were terrible for ease of use.
I did retrofit plenty of the old ones, rarely made oxy work as there is no need for it here.
Up to 30mm thick, plasma is OK, from then on oxy is much better.

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27 May 2023 22:55 #272296 by rodw
I have no clue but I wanted plasmac to revert to normal Z axis control if a non plasma spindle number was used. Not sure if that idea got it's way into the current version, It can jog normally, so I never saw this as being a big issue to implement.

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