Ox in plasma mode!
pleased share more about your plasma experience !
(software, plasma cutter, tool head, etc,…)
Would love to know more about your setup too !
I ended up just using a pilot arc plasma cutter, a lotos ltp5000d. Had no troubles with interference unless the torch cut through a hole while cutting and struck a large arc. It took a lot of fiddling, and I used estlcam for the program generation. There is a location under the “laser” tab where you can add custom g code to turn on and off torch.
Used spindle control off of tinyg to a relay I purchased of amazon. Purchased a machine torch off of ebay, came from china but works great. For the mount I just 3d printed a bracket to hold the torch
shock and awesome! what are you using it for?
Is that the one that says spin or sdir on the tinyg, I couldn’t find the laser tab in estlcam?
@crispin_soFat Right now I have just been using it for personal off road type projects.
@Darrell_Hoath planet cnc tng with mk3/4 controller. I’m now currently using an smw3d custom r7 for plasma, and have added proma thc
Maybe mount it on your truck so that your roof rack can make roof racks?
I do have the same exact plasma head (awaiting project with smoothie & laserweb , as I need to keep my priority right),
please tell us more …
how do you connect/trigger the plasma …
The trigger is actually way easier than it seems. I worried about that myself as well.
It is as simple as determining the two wires that go from the plasma cutter box to the plasma torch head, and then connecting those to a relay - I used one from Amazon. Dc to dc relay. The other side off the relay you would connect to your controller. You need to be a little specific in the relay you order (I ordered two wrong ones before I got it right). If your controller only outputs 3.3v for the spindle control voltage, you need to make sure you actuality get a relay that will go down to 3v.
I have had Zero interference issues. I used all shielded cable for all stepper motors, but still haven’t hooked the ground up. I believe the pilot arc torch and putting some physical distance is the biggest help with the issue.
I’m using a .7 second delay after “spindle” start for pierce time. I have been using about two mm pierce height. Happy to answer questions, I would love to be able to get great quality cuts out of this. It’s acceptable now, but if I was using this to make a living, I would buy a hypertherm hehe