....ordered one of these as a gift for you on your 93rd birthday:



http://www.plasmacam.com/indexfla.php

On Jul 1, 11:29*am, Gene wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:25:43 -0400, HK wrote:
...ordered one of these as a gift for you on your 93rd birthday:

http://www.plasmacam.com/indexfla.php

That's a pretty interesting little machine! *I spent 12 years managing
a CNC programming department where we did just that!

We didn't do plasma, but we did do lasers... we did milling with
lasers.... can't (I don't think) do that with plasma....
--

Old school, think waterjet!

"HK" wrote in message
news
...ordered one of these as a gift for you on your 93rd birthday:



http://www.plasmacam.com/indexfla.php


Nah. Gene won't want it. Plasma cutters are being phased out in favor of
water jets for most applications other than very thick materials. Cleaner
cuts, no slag.

We had a big, CNC controlled plasma table at the company I had. Couldn't
give it away.

Eisboch

On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:29:36 -0400, Gene
wrote:

On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:25:43 -0400, HK wrote:

...ordered one of these as a gift for you on your 93rd birthday:



http://www.plasmacam.com/indexfla.php

That's a pretty interesting little machine! I spent 12 years managing
a CNC programming department where we did just that!

We didn't do plasma, but we did do lasers... we did milling with
lasers.... can't (I don't think) do that with plasma....

One of the local shops has a high pressure, narrow throat water jet
cutter for ceramic and composite materials. Cuts up to six inches of
pressure extruded composites and three inches of ceramic material.

Smoothest cut I've seen on that type of material.

That's impressive.

On Jul 1, 12:14*pm, Zombie of Woodstock wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:29:36 -0400, Gene

wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:25:43 -0400, HK wrote:

...ordered one of these as a gift for you on your 93rd birthday:

http://www.plasmacam.com/indexfla.php

That's a pretty interesting little machine! *I spent 12 years managing
a CNC programming department where we did just that!

We didn't do plasma, but we did do lasers... we did milling with
lasers.... can't (I don't think) do that with plasma....

One of the local shops has a high pressure, narrow throat water jet
cutter for ceramic and composite materials. *Cuts up to six inches of
pressure extruded composites and three inches of ceramic material.

Smoothest cut I've seen on that type of material.

That's impressive.

The system my wife's shop had (Turbo Products/Inco LTD.) in Essex had
a waterjet that could cut curved holes in metal (she is trying to
remember the name of the thing). This was a propriotary system to
Turbo they used to cut the curves surfaces of turbine blades and such
as well as cooling tunnels that snaked through metal blocks...

She is busy but said she will tell me more about it later.. I only
worked on the cad install in the control room, was never allowed in to
the machine as was the case. Basically only 4 people were allowed in
that area...

On Jul 1, 11:36*am, Gene wrote:
On Wed, 1 Jul 2009 08:33:53 -0700 (PDT), Loogypicker

wrote:
On Jul 1, 11:29*am, Gene wrote:
On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 11:25:43 -0400, HK wrote:
...ordered one of these as a gift for you on your 93rd birthday:

http://www.plasmacam.com/indexfla.php

That's a pretty interesting little machine! *I spent 12 years managing
a CNC programming department where we did just that!

We didn't do plasma, but we did do lasers... we did milling with
lasers.... can't (I don't think) do that with plasma....
--

Old school, think waterjet!

Not for milling and one of the things we cut a lot was wood. Some of
the furniture guys tried the water jet thing with wood. You would
think that the results would have been predictable. I guess not....

Oh, I'd bet that the more porous a material, the less predictable the
results. Add to that the fact that the wood's density isn't as
consitent as steel, and I think you'd have about a nil chance of
succesfully using a water jet to cut wood precisely!

"Eisboch" wrote in message
...

"HK" wrote in message
news
...ordered one of these as a gift for you on your 93rd birthday:



http://www.plasmacam.com/indexfla.php


Nah. Gene won't want it. Plasma cutters are being phased out in favor of
water jets for most applications other than very thick materials.
Cleaner cuts, no slag.

We had a big, CNC controlled plasma table at the company I had. Couldn't
give it away.

Eisboch

Thing I do not understand on the video, the tip looked very clean. Starting
from the edge, I could see it, but starting in the middle should have some
blow back.

On Jul 1, 10:35*am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

news
...ordered one of these as a gift for you on your 93rd birthday:

http://www.plasmacam.com/indexfla.php

Nah. *Gene won't want it. *Plasma cutters are being phased out in favor of
water jets for most applications other than very thick materials. * Cleaner
cuts, no slag.

We had a big, CNC controlled plasma table at the company I had. * Couldn't
give it away.

Eisboch

Can it be converted over to a different cutting media cheaper than
getting a different table?

"Gene" wrote in message
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On Thu, 2 Jul 2009 05:49:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

On Jul 1, 10:35 am, "Eisboch" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

news
...ordered one of these as a gift for you on your 93rd birthday:

http://www.plasmacam.com/indexfla.php

Nah. Gene won't want it. Plasma cutters are being phased out in favor of
water jets for most applications other than very thick materials.
Cleaner
cuts, no slag.

We had a big, CNC controlled plasma table at the company I had. Couldn't
give it away.

Eisboch

Can it be converted over to a different cutting media cheaper than
getting a different table?

IMHE.... absolutely! Worst problem would be "waterproofing" the works
if it was originally designed for a dry process....


The one we had consisted of the torch, the mechanical x-y axis system and
the motors/measuring systems that were read and controlled by the CNC
workstation. The torch assembly was mounted on a large "water table",
built with steel cross sections to hold the plate being cut.
The water in the table (about 12" deep) absorbed much of the smoke and a
lot of the noise of the plasma torch doing it's thing.

The water jet system that replaced it is capable of such good cuts that in
many cases it eliminates a follow-up pre-machining operation before the part
goes to fab or final machining. Saved $$.

Eisboch