I dedicate myself to build cnc equipment and the truth is I did not think it was possible to use arduino in a plasma with so much MS ... I would appreciate that you show in more detail the connections you made! good job buddy!
Great job! You have inspired me to make my own setup. Anybody that would give this video thumbs down has either,1failed miserably at trying to build one of these or 2 just plain and simple doesn't understand how technical this stuff is and how you got to have a pretty good mind to set this kind of a rig up. Oh..or 3 Jealous!
Nice! :) I'm currently building a dual purpose Plasma / Milling CNC machine 1600 x 800mm cutting area. From my previous experiments I have noticed that slow cutting speeds increases the amount of dross. Faster speeds reduces dross but if too fast it can have no dross but will cut a slight bevel and the cut will not be square. If this was so easy, everybody would be doing it! Excellent build.... Enjoyed watching video.
This is the first (water cooled) plasma i have seen and I love it it seems to keep things straight. I have seen a bunch of water tables but not a water hose like a bandsaw love it
Well done. I had a PlasmaCam. It was always hanging up on warped metal and ruining my projects. It also expensive. I ended up selling it. I hope the buyer has better luck with it than me.
you could use a capacitance based system for Z height. Like on a digital caliper...put a metal wheel on the torch holder that can move freely up and down and then use the output from it to alter Z height. iGaging has a digital caliper that has a USB out port on it and you could just attach a little sealed bearing as the wheel so the height is constantly measured. kinda hard to explain in words but if you saw it on a napkin you'd understand in a half-second.
Liked your accomplishment the plasma cnc table, you done a grand job, I am also an Aussie, old bloke trying to get my head around making a table at home.
The firsts words I didn't understand, but suddenly you started speaking english... but some words still don't sound! Great video by the way, I'm grateful!
when i first noticed you are one of us i knew it was going to work well, i suppose you are lucky as desk top computers were only being made when i left school so young people these days have a great advantage, we have a lot of excellent fabricators here in Aust but we don't seem to hear much in the commercial sales in engineering apart from boats and agriculture machinery.
Neat, I would move the controller and electronics out from under the table just because of the coolant/water/plasmacutter mix potentially leaking onto the box. Also would find a way to protect the rails from watersplashes, for some reason they run better without rust ;). Still ... Damn nice job.
This is what my brother wants me to make for him, it looks and preforms very well! I think the slag is so built up on the underneath is because of how much coolant you have running....try buying a dc motor controller for that ebay pump! And play around with the flow rate... I subbed too.
Très belle réalisation personnelle ! Félicitations pour ce travail ! Et merci pour le partage ! . Very nice personal achievement ! Congratulations for this job ! And thank you for sharing !
made similar and feel for you, the slag is just about snap off or cold chisel but its hard. hope you got your settings right, the problem with homemade is its made for a purpose,i made my chipboard and rubber belt version to make a_n Unicorne windvane and made it . Thank you grbl, inkscape, fusion360.
I'm definitely interested because this is the final part of my project I've been working on for about 18 months now I need one of these tables desperately
I like the rack-and-pinion drive concept. Most that I've seen are just ballscrews and/or belts. I'd be worried about corrosion/debris with how much coolant and slag chunks are gonna get thrown around from a plasma cutter, though.
Hi D Humphris. Great Job. And thanks for the Post processor to Fusion 360 / Arduino GBRL. Did you find out with a THC or maybe not necessary. Interesting it works without Pilot Arc. Assume the cooling of plate has crucial influence for warping. Wel. Have build a CNC milling and use arduino cnc shield like yours - but with nema 17 steppers and drives 8825, but now turn has come for build of plasma cutter. .Nice table/bed you have build! Y-axis you use DM542T stepperdrive. Reason why ordinary 8825 driver will not work. (have you measured amps on drives while in load?) Or maybe you just need the two nema 23 in serial -and naturally come higher than 2 amps of load? For these type of low value acceleration and speed cncs the amps pulled will normally be low. -Just trying to figure out what will be purchase list for my new build...Until sofar you have inspired me and cannot wait to start..thanks for sharing!
Nice to see an ozie bloke doing a home made plasma cutter. It's all US based builds I've been following so far, which I do appreciate but our market is different we don't have acees to the same suppliers at reasonable cost. Anyone in Perth building or wanting to build similar projects? It would be great to meet and discuss build options..
Nice one man, for emf shielding, it could be coming back down the wires from the stepper coils, (had this problem with dc motor). To fix it, maybe add a diode or decoupling capacitor close to arduino and/or motor control boards.
Great work and a smooth running machine. i have every part home except for the stepperdriver , didn´t know you could use stepperdriver after the arduino shield . would be great if you could do a quick tour just on your electronic installation , at least i would like it . regards Peter
The one at my shop is 16' x 40' & we've found it best to just fill up the basin to within an inch or less nominal that way the water catches all the particulate that would otherwise be in the air...also splashes up & cools the material being processed.
That would be fine except he doesn’t have a third axis for the head. If the metal gets to hot being that thin it will warp up and hit the torch. That’s why the water nets like that.
Awesome job on your CNC! Thanks for taking the time to share this on UA-cam, UA-cam definitely needs more creative people like your self! I started out posting my first video about 4 years ago of how I build a bandsaw mill from salvaged parts like motorcycle wheels, pallet racking stuff like that, since then I have added a power feed and height set for cheap. Thanks again for posting, please keep up posted on updates! I’m going to subscribe. Ps you definitely deserve a lot more subscribers! Take care from the Northwest of Washington state :)
Nice job. Thanks for mentioning the EMI problem. I am currently frustrated with the same. I have done the same approach to beat the emi except for the water table. Shielded cables, ground everything , steel box for Arduino. I guess I will think of water table made of steel. Thanks again.
@@RoyMeraki yes I used ferrite magnets to cover the shielded wires from stepper motors going into metal box also wire from power box. At that location ferrite magnets going into the box. I also used a second metal box inside another ferrite magnets around the wire at location going into the box. Inside inner box Arduino controller. Lots of trial and error. The design of a microwave oven outlet and inner box helped me.
Отличный станок . Ест предложение. В программе указать начало реза не с края реза а немного отступать от края . Затем проход реза в меньшую сторону и возврат реза до полного реза . Тогда пузырь будет срезаться самим резаком.
I like that you followed the KISS rule. I see that trailer behind you looks like a rig for a mobile welding business. Could you build it into the trailer?? would that improve your capability for decorative on site work? Hand railings and the like
Hey mate, a Proma 150 thc is usually the easiest way to go. you are getting dross on the bottom from the water cooling the metal instantly. Its a trade off from a dusty dry system. You can dial it down though with the right settings and thc.. Try dropping the parts flat on the ground or use a wire wheel to get it off. once you use a flapper you have to grind the whole bit off. any chance pof having a look at the pp? im going to make a new one soon. Mach3/4 is a bit of a pain to get right but a breeze to make your own m codes. good luck, its a great rig.
Hello I am a young Cameroonian who loves the Cnc and proud of your work Please it's possible to have the editing videos of the machine I would like to realize
Hey, got into Arduino cnc after having to get an aincient old nc profile machine working as an apprentice lol...check out the 3d printing community for some ideas on implementing height control, everything they do can be easily scaled up with the controllers you have. And I suspect that second socket on your razor is for a remote control that will help with automating arc control on the fly....most unimig manual include near complete wiring diagrams, you can download them from unimig website. By the way great idea mounting your drive rails upside down, even the industrial machines still sit them on top where they fill full of crap 👍
Torch height control will help with reduce the Slag, but your biggest issue is your water cooling is to efficient and will not help with reducing the slag. Also slow down the speed
Maybe the water jets are cooling the dross/slag too quickly and its solidifying and not getting blown out of the way, try a cut with same settings but without or less water(I've never seen water cooling done like that ie above the plate)
Sorry to be offtopic but does someone know a way to log back into an instagram account..? I was dumb forgot the account password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me
@Timothy Kamden I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now. Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
I really like the build im looking into building something like this for my plasma cutter Have you considered raising the drain or inserting a tube to raise the sanding waterlevel in the pan. I think it would help cool the metal and stops flying sparks.
Nice work! Thanks for the tour. Going to check out that arduino cnc shield. Yours is the first diy CNC that I've seen that has water cooling. Does Z control compensate for warp maybe?
FuuuK yeah !!! Thx heaps for this. note: Got me a Unimig Viper cutter (only a 30) but hope to convert my CNC machine to a Plasma. Machine is a DIY " LOWRider 2" What Compressor your running for these jobs ??
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. There are so many ways to do things without spending money, and they're very often equally if not more effective.
beauty. Thanks for no MUSIC too! Those cuts are music to my ears.
first one I have seen with water cooling...awesome idea to solve major head ache of warping and torch height....well done
I dedicate myself to build cnc equipment and the truth is I did not think it was possible to use arduino in a plasma with so much MS ... I would appreciate that you show in more detail the connections you made! good job buddy!
Great job! You have inspired me to make my own setup. Anybody that would give this video thumbs down has either,1failed miserably at trying to build one of these or 2 just plain and simple doesn't understand how technical this stuff is and how you got to have a pretty good mind to set this kind of a rig up.
Oh..or 3 Jealous!
Raw and simple, aussie style.
Just works. Like it!
when its done, it looks very simple, but its crazy how much you have to plan and think to make it as simple as it can get.
Crikey that's one of the simplest designs i have come across yet brilliant ;)
Nice! :)
I'm currently building a dual purpose Plasma / Milling CNC machine 1600 x 800mm cutting area.
From my previous experiments I have noticed that slow cutting speeds increases the amount of dross. Faster speeds reduces dross but if too fast it can have no dross but will cut a slight bevel and the cut will not be square. If this was so easy, everybody would be doing it!
Excellent build.... Enjoyed watching video.
This is the first (water cooled) plasma i have seen and I love it it seems to keep things straight. I have seen a bunch of water tables but not a water hose like a bandsaw love it
hi, very effective "home build", very impressive, and yes on these type of machines shielding and "proper" grounding is your best friend. bye
Duncan
Great job, I have the same plasma cutter from H&F, Arduino sitting around and a few stepper motors, so now I am keen to give it a crack.
Well done. I had a PlasmaCam. It was always hanging up on warped metal and ruining my projects. It also expensive. I ended up selling it. I hope the buyer has better luck with it than me.
The water jet is pretty amazing so awesome thank you for sharing
you could use a capacitance based system for Z height. Like on a digital caliper...put a metal wheel on the torch holder that can move freely up and down and then use the output from it to alter Z height. iGaging has a digital caliper that has a USB out port on it and you could just attach a little sealed bearing as the wheel so the height is constantly measured. kinda hard to explain in words but if you saw it on a napkin you'd understand in a half-second.
Liked your accomplishment the plasma cnc table, you done a grand job, I am also an Aussie, old bloke trying to get my head around making a table at home.
Thanks mate, good luck, they’re awesome projects, any questions let me know
best DIY cnc vid I've seen, thanks !
После таких роликов всё больше убеждаюсь что Миша Задорнов был великим троллем
The firsts words I didn't understand, but suddenly you started speaking english... but some words still don't sound! Great video by the way, I'm grateful!
when i first noticed you are one of us i knew it was going to work well, i suppose you are lucky as desk top computers were only being made when i left school so young people these days have a great advantage, we have a lot of excellent fabricators here in Aust but we don't seem to hear much in the commercial sales in engineering apart from boats and agriculture machinery.
Thanks for the walkthrough. I wouldn't know what to do about the EM stuff otherwise
Neat, I would move the controller and electronics out from under the table just because of the coolant/water/plasmacutter mix potentially leaking onto the box. Also would find a way to protect the rails from watersplashes, for some reason they run better without rust ;). Still ... Damn nice job.
Great work. We shared this video on our homemade tools forum this week 😎
That’s so cool brother. Good to see another Aussie on UA-cam
This is what my brother wants me to make for him, it looks and preforms very well!
I think the slag is so built up on the underneath is because of how much coolant you have running....try buying a dc motor controller for that ebay pump! And play around with the flow rate...
I subbed too.
Très belle réalisation personnelle !
Félicitations pour ce travail !
Et merci pour le partage !
.
Very nice personal achievement !
Congratulations for this job !
And thank you for sharing !
made similar and feel for you, the slag is just about snap off or cold chisel but its hard. hope you got your settings right, the problem with homemade is its made for a purpose,i made my chipboard and rubber belt version to make a_n Unicorne windvane and made it . Thank you grbl, inkscape, fusion360.
Love this channel it’s inspired my to build a cnc plasma cutter from £179 plasma cutter and I will upload video soon
toriod suppressors on the wiring might help with the shielding
I'm definitely interested because this is the final part of my project I've been working on for about 18 months now I need one of these tables desperately
I like it..simply engineered is the best way. Like the water spraying on the metal as you go...i need to get mine finished
Thank you so much for sharing this amazing experience !!!
I like the rack-and-pinion drive concept. Most that I've seen are just ballscrews and/or belts. I'd be worried about corrosion/debris with how much coolant and slag chunks are gonna get thrown around from a plasma cutter, though.
Hi D Humphris. Great Job. And thanks for the Post processor to Fusion 360 / Arduino GBRL. Did you find out with a THC or maybe not necessary. Interesting it works without Pilot Arc. Assume the cooling of plate has crucial influence for warping. Wel. Have build a CNC milling and use arduino cnc shield like yours - but with nema 17 steppers and drives 8825, but now turn has come for build of plasma cutter. .Nice table/bed you have build! Y-axis you use DM542T stepperdrive. Reason why ordinary 8825 driver will not work. (have you measured amps on drives while in load?) Or maybe you just need the two nema 23 in serial -and naturally come higher than 2 amps of load? For these type of low value acceleration and speed cncs the amps pulled will normally be low. -Just trying to figure out what will be purchase list for my new build...Until sofar you have inspired me and cannot wait to start..thanks for sharing!
Nice to see an ozie bloke doing a home made plasma cutter. It's all US based builds I've been following so far, which I do appreciate but our market is different we don't have acees to the same suppliers at reasonable cost. Anyone in Perth building or wanting to build similar projects? It would be great to meet and discuss build options..
Nice one man, for emf shielding, it could be coming back down the wires from the stepper coils, (had this problem with dc motor). To fix it, maybe add a diode or decoupling capacitor close to arduino and/or motor control boards.
Great work and a smooth running machine. i have every part home except for the stepperdriver , didn´t know you could use stepperdriver after the arduino shield . would be great if you could do a quick tour just on your electronic installation , at least i would like it . regards Peter
The one at my shop is 16' x 40' & we've found it best to just fill up the basin to within an inch or less nominal that way the water catches all the particulate that would otherwise be in the air...also splashes up & cools the material being processed.
That would be fine except he doesn’t have a third axis for the head. If the metal gets to hot being that thin it will warp up and hit the torch. That’s why the water nets like that.
Awesome job on your CNC! Thanks for taking the time to share this on UA-cam, UA-cam definitely needs more creative people like your self! I started out posting my first video about 4 years ago of how I build a bandsaw mill from salvaged parts like motorcycle wheels, pallet racking stuff like that, since then I have added a power feed and height set for cheap. Thanks again for posting, please keep up posted on updates! I’m going to subscribe. Ps you definitely deserve a lot more subscribers! Take care from the Northwest of Washington state :)
Thanks mate, I appreciate it. That sounds awesome, I'll have to check out some of your videos
You made it look so simple. Good job putting it all together. Everything looks great.
Nice work. I like the coolant and torch holder too.
Very nice. You are a motivation to others.
Very nicely done! Impressive given the materials!
Thats so awesome!! I absolutely love it! I just got started with aduino!
Nice job.
Thanks for mentioning the EMI problem. I am currently frustrated with the same. I have done the same approach to beat the emi except for the water table.
Shielded cables, ground everything , steel box for Arduino. I guess I will think of water table made of steel.
Thanks again.
Did you managed to resolve the problem..
Please let me know
@@RoyMeraki yes
I used ferrite magnets to cover the shielded wires from stepper motors going into metal box also wire from power box. At that location ferrite magnets going into the box. I also used a second metal box inside another ferrite magnets around the wire at location going into the box. Inside inner box Arduino controller. Lots of trial and error. The design of a microwave oven outlet and inner box helped me.
@@pedrotorres9836 wow.. thanks you for help sir
This is a great build Thank you for posting!
Love it! I'd suggest changing cutting toot that it will be higher from the cutting surface and there will be no much water getting into rails
great effort with your build mate, looks pretty handy
Well done mate, this is something I really like to do in the future. Great video
Your water cooled tip is absolutely genius. gotta add it to mine
Ok
Отличный станок . Ест предложение. В программе указать начало реза не с края реза а немного отступать от края . Затем проход реза в меньшую сторону и возврат реза до полного реза . Тогда пузырь будет срезаться самим резаком.
Great video! Can you share a link to the post processor? The one in description doesn’t work
Yo tambien estoy interesado en el postprocessor
Awesome, subscribed all the way from South Africa
Amazing! Nice work. I have been considering building one myself.
Nice, I like the water cooling, haven't seen that on many cnc plasmas 👍🏼
I'm planning to have a filled water trough, It looks like it might limit some of the overspray and maybe some of the dross on the back of the sheet.
Excellent stuff! Looking forward to seeing that 👌🏻 Hoping to lob one together myself during the summer, super handy machine to have around 👍🏼
Good job champion. Good to see a young bloke having a crack.
Great job dude. Really what one in my shed.
you may be able to reduce the slag by speeding up the the cutting speed, but obviously not to too much. Nice work bro!
Looking like the travel speed could be higher that would eliminate some of the dross on the backside
Higher speed would definitely reduce that slag. Not only that it would increase the life of your consumables.
Very nice machine. Thumb up for this.
I like that you followed the KISS rule. I see that trailer behind you looks like a rig for a mobile welding business. Could you build it into the trailer?? would that improve your capability for decorative on site work? Hand railings and the like
It looks like you need to add a pause at the peirce points before traveling, in your post procsssor to help with the slag.
Fantastic job , thanks heaps for the information. I will be building my own at some stage and your machine is a jem . Cheers
Simple and elegant design.
Hey mate, a Proma 150 thc is usually the easiest way to go. you are getting dross on the bottom from the water cooling the metal instantly. Its a trade off from a dusty dry system. You can dial it down though with the right settings and thc.. Try dropping the parts flat on the ground or use a wire wheel to get it off. once you use a flapper you have to grind the whole bit off. any chance pof having a look at the pp? im going to make a new one soon. Mach3/4 is a bit of a pain to get right but a breeze to make your own m codes. good luck, its a great rig.
I see, Thanks for the comment, that's really interesting! I've added a link to the Post Processor in the description.
Hello
I am a young Cameroonian who loves the Cnc and proud of your work
Please it's possible to have the editing videos of the machine I would like to realize
Hi mister please, I'm waiting for the diagram and the dimensions
try turning down the water spray, see if that helps with the slag. Maybe cooling to fast and letting it stay connected
Holy shit, your so Aussie it hurts! I need to step up my game and represent “Stralia”!
Straya Mate
Hey, got into Arduino cnc after having to get an aincient old nc profile machine working as an apprentice lol...check out the 3d printing community for some ideas on implementing height control, everything they do can be easily scaled up with the controllers you have. And I suspect that second socket on your razor is for a remote control that will help with automating arc control on the fly....most unimig manual include near complete wiring diagrams, you can download them from unimig website. By the way great idea mounting your drive rails upside down, even the industrial machines still sit them on top where they fill full of crap 👍
Just another tip, check out this old Tony, might give you some more ideas: ua-cam.com/video/K9UA9ZRFwWU/v-deo.html
Good job. You looks like Alexander Zverev.
Amazing work! the cut is very good! keep it up, friend!
Great video 👍🏻 I will like to make one for a small business and help the my friends that right now is out of work
Wow this looks 100 % awesome and looks like it might be affordable, really appreciate you sharing all the details well done
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hi nice work , any future video on schematics and setup grbl ?
and how to add the post processor , can i use it with artcam software
thanks
Awesome job on the plasma cutter. 👍🏻👍🏻
Great job, thank you for sharing. Can you post more details about how to build it?
C'mon, man. You got a half-million views on this video. Show us some updates!
Very good idea of water cooling. But need height control THC.
Congratulations Bro. is mazing. youbare a crack. saludos desde Panama
Cheers mate! Nice build!
Great Work! want to make my own someday!
Can you give me a detailed drawing, a list of materials for this CNC machine?Thank you very much.
Nice and simple, great job buddy!
Greatings from Sicily👉🏻
Torch height control will help with reduce the Slag, but your biggest issue is your water cooling is to efficient and will not help with reducing the slag. Also slow down the speed
Maybe the water jets are cooling the dross/slag too quickly and its solidifying and not getting blown out of the way, try a cut with same settings but without or less water(I've never seen water cooling done like that ie above the plate)
beautiful job !!! really top ... long life for you and thanks for the share
Hey great job and thanks for sharing.
Sorry to be offtopic but does someone know a way to log back into an instagram account..?
I was dumb forgot the account password. I appreciate any tips you can offer me
@Sincere Jaxton Instablaster :)
@Timothy Kamden I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and Im waiting for the hacking stuff now.
Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
@Timothy Kamden It did the trick and I finally got access to my account again. Im so happy:D
Thanks so much, you really help me out :D
@Sincere Jaxton you are welcome :)
can you add on description for wiring the optocoupler?
I really like the build im looking into building something like this for my plasma cutter
Have you considered raising the drain or inserting a tube to raise the sanding waterlevel in the pan. I think it would help cool the metal and stops flying sparks.
ua-cam.com/video/xAJmJmh8JLQ/v-deo.html
aWsome!!, very creative , nice shop too, love the electronics box / very clever in a pinch : ) thanks for sharing and God Bless !
Awesome job Its sweet! Thanks a lot for posting the video!
This is wicked do you have a wiring diagram and the Arduino code that your willing to share??
Nice work! Thanks for the tour. Going to check out that arduino cnc shield. Yours is the first diy CNC that I've seen that has water cooling. Does Z control compensate for warp maybe?
Ey compa, genial laburo!!
Excelente amigo Dios te siga bendiciendo..saludos
That's got to be the most impressive hack job slap together contraption I have ever seen. How do you guys say it in Aussie?...Good on ya mate?
Internet Tough Guy, you got it right Mate, cheers from John, Stralia.
Hello Sir , great job , can you share the link for post processor again please ?
Excellent work bro...
That's cool. I want to make one.
FuuuK yeah !!! Thx heaps for this. note: Got me a Unimig Viper cutter (only a 30) but hope to convert my CNC machine to a Plasma. Machine is a DIY " LOWRider 2" What Compressor your running for these jobs ??