Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Build CNC Plasma cutting Table

indy123456 wrote:

>The problem I ran into was gap control... no problem making the torch
>travel in a flat plane of course, and no problem establishing a flat
>table plane. The steel being cut is the problem. Even assuming it
>is flat to start with (I got a lot that wasn't, and was useless), it
>doesn't stay that way long when you start cutting... edges of cut
>sections pop up, catching on the torch tip, moving the part or
>stopping progress.
>

How about spring-loaded furniture-like caster wheels that ride below the
carriage, holding
the work flat against the grating?

Jon