Re: Build CNC Plasma cutting Table

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Jon Elson <elson@p...> wrote:

>
>
> 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

Something like that was to be my next step on my manual system, but I
was going to have to modify (raise) the carriage to get room to do
anything, and even then I figured that I might not be able to hold
down every edge that might pop up. Onward to router/mill project for
me...