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firefox here :...
I have a small ton of programs and pdf's relating to CNC...with so much out there, it's a bit overwhelming finding just the right  place to start.
soooo......I decided to go slow...now.. I have two sets of heavy duty three stage drawer slides, double ball bearing types, 200 plus pounders.
36 inch's fully extended...so, thats a 3x3 work platform. my basic plan is to build a support frame, and make it a portable unit, ( I can move it
from table to table ) and , it will not be powered... yet.. it has an extension arm, for a small stylis type probe, allowing me to follow a small
patern by hand, a small micro switch is mounted on the probe, to activate the plasma cutter. ( like a click button on a mechanical pencil )
an adjustment on the plasma head, so I can adjust the distance from the cutting tip to the work surface,( kinda like a pantigraph for the plasma)
a small electric motor connected to each axis.to generate a pulse as the arm is moved, and some electronics to convert the signals to pulse's
this will be a source of feedback in my finale design, once powered..( not yet tho...)   got to get the thingie working first..!
I'll post pics and all info as this get's  under way...I'm gonna start small, before I get in up to my neck..heh,heh,heh... firefox...

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newbe here..... firefox.....
just fired up for the first time....hypertherm 30 plasma cutter....!!! wow..!!! looking forward to doing great things with it....
not just collect dust in between cut sessions. sooo.....thats why I'm on this site...info....all kinds...mine, and yours..
I'm a retired master millwright from Kaiser Aluminum,  have skills and hobbies and tons of info...from welding...auto mech.to electronics, photo shop
photo stuff in gen,  so.. not to get bogged down in my stuff, am looking at what others have...to offer...or share...or need..its a great big world out
there, and we all can use the info....ours,yours,mine,whoevers....( I'm kinda windy too, when I get cranked up..)  thanx firefox...

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