Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] cnc plasma gizmo

Myself, I'd just make a little macro that would 'spiral-out' a little hole
as the arc was igniting, and use that as a 'lead-in' for each cut that
can't be started at the edge of the sheet. For a plasma-punch machine that
I operated, we'd always punch a starting hole, and start our arc on the
edge of that hole.

RayHex

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> From: AbbyKatt <cnc@...>
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> Maybe what the solution is then, is to simply make it 4-axis, and have a
> small stepper/servo control for tilting it. Then you'd just setup your
> G-code output from your program that generates the output files to put
> the tilt in beforehand. i.e> tilt 45 degrees, move X amount at certain
> slow feed rate, then tilt to 90.