Looking into the possibility of fitting CNC to an old oxy-acetylene pattern following torch. (It can also mount a plasma cutter.)
The torch mounts on the end of an articulated arm with two joints. On top of the arm is a variable speed motor with a 1/4" diameter, knurled, magnetic shaft. That runs around the edge of any bit of steel plate in just about any shape bolted to the pattern holder arm. The problems with that, the pattern has to be steel and has to be 1/8" smaller all around than the piece cut out will be, and you have to have a pattern to be able to do anything with the tool. I've been thinking that a system with three or four servo motors and cables connected to the torch mount could move it around as well as a 2-axis gantry. Can LinuxCNC run such a setup? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_mar _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
