Re: Haas plasma cutter

You could proly do the same w/ O/A, as well. You can get *really nice* cuts
w/ a properly adjusted flame. And no emf! And, I think, less air-borne
crud, which could be esp. important in CNC.
Steel houses use robotic O/A. Neat to watch.
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Mr. P.V.'d
formerly Droll Troll
"nostroke" <ely@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> So I rigged up a plasma cutter "tool" to my old, trusty haas vfo.
> Made a box to catch nasty oxide "chips" and programmed a dwell time,
> etc, to pierce the material before xy motion.
> Good so far.
> But the plasma makes my vfo lock up...usually mid program.
>
> Am I crazy? Am I going to blow up driver boards?
>
> It almost works. Anybody have a clue how to contain the EMF from the
> plasma rig?
>


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