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General Mach Discussion / New burning machine idea
« on: January 16, 2020, 07:00:59 PM »
Hi all .
I am new to the Mach forum and am looking for input on a new machine idea.
I would like to build a machine for flame cutting circles in round steel plate. the plate is up to 3" thick and usually has an ID hole.
the machine would look something like a record player. With the plate being the record and the needle being the torch.
this would mean the axis would be the rotation of the plate and the angular movement of the arm carrying the torch.
this way the rotation of the plate should make a very round and accurate cut.
So I guess my first question is can Mach be configured to work in this way? there really isn't a x axis or y axis, they would both have to move if you were to try and make a straight line. The axis would have to be calibrated in pulses per degree. and if I wanted to cut a hole from 3" to 6" could a macro be written in Mach to do the trig to figure out the angular movements, and maintain a constant surface feed of the torch as it moved from the small diameter to the larger diameter?
wow I can see a lot of math !
Regards
Chad
I am new to the Mach forum and am looking for input on a new machine idea.
I would like to build a machine for flame cutting circles in round steel plate. the plate is up to 3" thick and usually has an ID hole.
the machine would look something like a record player. With the plate being the record and the needle being the torch.
this would mean the axis would be the rotation of the plate and the angular movement of the arm carrying the torch.
this way the rotation of the plate should make a very round and accurate cut.
So I guess my first question is can Mach be configured to work in this way? there really isn't a x axis or y axis, they would both have to move if you were to try and make a straight line. The axis would have to be calibrated in pulses per degree. and if I wanted to cut a hole from 3" to 6" could a macro be written in Mach to do the trig to figure out the angular movements, and maintain a constant surface feed of the torch as it moved from the small diameter to the larger diameter?
wow I can see a lot of math !
Regards
Chad