On Thu, May 19, 2016, at 09:13 AM, Jim Craig wrote: > So my goal is to let others learn from my mistakes. So in that way I > tend to make a lot of them so everyone can benefit. Last night I was > working with the plasma machine and made a big one! > > Don't ever forget to hook up the ground to the plasma cutter! > > When we hit the go button the program started. The torch found the > material. The pilot arc started and BAM everything stopped. Realtime > error in LinuxCNC. Cleared repowered the machine and nothing would still > work. That is when I realized the ground clamp was not on the cutting > table.
One question: Why do you have a ground "clamp". A CNC plasma is a more-or-less permanent installation. Put a lug on that ground cable and bolt it to the machine table/frame. -- John Kasunich jmkasun...@fastmail.fm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mobile security can be enabling, not merely restricting. Employees who bring their own devices (BYOD) to work are irked by the imposition of MDM restrictions. Mobile Device Manager Plus allows you to control only the apps on BYO-devices by containerizing them, leaving personal data untouched! https://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/304595813;131938128;j _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
