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General Mach Discussion / hello - daft ideas = thanks for looking
« on: May 10, 2014, 06:51:24 AM »
ok picture in your head a small 300mm by 500mm - 1 ft by 1 foot 8 inch, xyz table running the smallest nema 23's or 17's.
ok now imagine that the motors were in a box side by side and connected to the axis screws with flexible drill shaft extensions @ 4 feet long, or varying lengths so its tidy. chuck both ends, keyless, simply twist them up, forgo the 8mm screww to 6.35/1/4'' headache.
anyways I know I will have to keep the sheaths or outer caseings still at each end - easy.
right thats the plan so far..........
next, can the actual motors live side by side in a box, plus can the actual drives sit next to the motors in the box with the psu and bob?
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Its for a small plasma table of which I havn't started yet, the plan being to simply have the torch and thats in on the y axis,
ok. the machine is to be lightweight so i can move it outside on a sunny day to cut.
the next idea is to have the bed folded up in 8mm aluminium, with tapped holes on two inch centres with m6 by 1.5'' bolts siply fired through from underneath with some silicone sealer - the ends on the sheet bent up and sealed on the edges where they meet, fill with water to the 1.5'' minus 8mm of sheet .
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next IF It is possible, for exaple I ONLY EVER want to cut 5mm mild steel on this - built specifically for it, could I build it so that the pilot arc torch simply snaps up and down from arc start down to working height utilising an electro magnet? i.e. the machine torch itself simply running in a bearing with stops up and down
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please reply even with hatred.
Thanks
ok now imagine that the motors were in a box side by side and connected to the axis screws with flexible drill shaft extensions @ 4 feet long, or varying lengths so its tidy. chuck both ends, keyless, simply twist them up, forgo the 8mm screww to 6.35/1/4'' headache.
anyways I know I will have to keep the sheaths or outer caseings still at each end - easy.
right thats the plan so far..........
next, can the actual motors live side by side in a box, plus can the actual drives sit next to the motors in the box with the psu and bob?
------------------------------------------
Its for a small plasma table of which I havn't started yet, the plan being to simply have the torch and thats in on the y axis,
ok. the machine is to be lightweight so i can move it outside on a sunny day to cut.
the next idea is to have the bed folded up in 8mm aluminium, with tapped holes on two inch centres with m6 by 1.5'' bolts siply fired through from underneath with some silicone sealer - the ends on the sheet bent up and sealed on the edges where they meet, fill with water to the 1.5'' minus 8mm of sheet .
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next IF It is possible, for exaple I ONLY EVER want to cut 5mm mild steel on this - built specifically for it, could I build it so that the pilot arc torch simply snaps up and down from arc start down to working height utilising an electro magnet? i.e. the machine torch itself simply running in a bearing with stops up and down
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please reply even with hatred.
Thanks