95 Hard at work

[JamesCH95]

Putting our shop's plasma cutter to use! Nothing quite like cutting 1/4in 6061 T6 single-pass at 110IPM.

[mwmac]

Very nice! Shooter arms?

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by mwmac

Very nice! Shooter arms?

Thanks, and nope!

[mwmac]

Originally Posted by JamesCH95

Thanks, and nope!

Blooming onion catcher's mitt...?

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by mwmac

Blooming onion catcher's mitt...?

Halfway there... maybe 1/3 of the way there?

[The_ShamWOW88]

Looks awesome, one thing I wish our team had access to, a plasma cutter....

[Akash Rastogi]

Originally Posted by The_ShamWOW88

Looks awesome, one thing I wish our team had access to, a plasma cutter....

They're relatively affordable. I think a CNC Plasma cutter is a pretty great addition to a robotics lab, especially if you're just starting out with CNC equipment.

Looks like 95 will have some sweet looking parts! Excited to see what you've come up with.

[pilum40]

What manufacturer would you recommend? I don't want to buy a low end budget (relative term right? LOL) model. I want to buy it only once but don't need aerospace or NASA grade equipment.

Any pearls would be appreciated.

Steve Miller
Coach 3355
Purple Vipers
Arlington, Texas

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by pilum40

What manufacturer would you recommend? I don't want to buy a low end budget (relative term right? LOL) model. I want to buy it only once but don't need aerospace or NASA grade equipment.

Any pearls would be appreciated.

Steve Miller
Coach 3355
Purple Vipers
Arlington, Texas

Hypertherm torch or bust. They are, hands down, the best torch and power supply maker out there. As for a table... we have a Nothern Plasma. It's decent, but I'd much perfer something with better driver software, like Torchmate (I personally have a torchmate CNC router).

Originally Posted by The_ShamWOW88

Looks awesome, one thing I wish our team had access to, a plasma cutter....

Originally Posted by Akash Rastogi

They're relatively affordable. I think a CNC Plasma cutter is a pretty great addition to a robotics lab, especially if you're just starting out with CNC equipment.

Looks like 95 will have some sweet looking parts! Excited to see what you've come up with.

Thanks!

And yes, they're relatively inexpensive. To put it in perspective: 4'x4' CNC router of moderate quality was $7,500 new, ProtoTrak CNC knee mill was $23k new, 4'x8' plasma table with torch and power supply and computer was $25k new.

[Joe195]

Dang 95! Those parts are gorgeous!

[yash101]

Shiny .

That's great that you have a Plasma cutter!
That picture is what I call High Def!
That cut is also what I call High Def! Those are some quality cuts! What are those for? I bet that they are quite light while being structurally rigid!

[CalTran]

Looks like claw parts to me...

My team has access to a Torchmate, but I don't believe we've ever used it for robotics before. It goes through various states of being operational. Man it'd be nice to do cuts on it instead of our techno if we could get cuts like that out!

[Richard.Varone]

oooooooo so pretty!

[JamesCH95]

Originally Posted by Richard.Varone

oooooooo so pretty!

I agree completely! This is the first time we've done 'trussed-out' lightening... so nice... worth the effort to CAD up.

[sdcantrell56]

What torch are you using? The cut quality looks very good