Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] plasma vs mill/router cnc

A Plasma cutter is definitely easier to make than a router, simply because
you only need two axes and as you note, torque and rigidity requirements are
much lower. For a farm, plasma definitely seems like the more useful, but
frankly you probably really want both. C'mon, admit it. :-)

On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 11:17 PM, ebiz_59 <chuckm@...> wrote:

> We have a farm shop that is pretty well equipped with plasma cutter,
> several welders, a Bridgeport mill, a couple lathes - none of which are
> cnc'd. I've been thinking about building a CNC router, or
> buying/retrofitting a mill, for a long time. But actually think a CNC
> plasma might be most useful to us. However, I am cheap. I'm thinking a
> plasma cnc gantry would be pretty easy (cheap) to build - don't need perfect
> ways, a small amount of backlash is probably livable, the torque
> requirements shouldn't be significant, and I already have a decent plasma
> cutter (although I read that e high frequency start might be an issue). What
> am I missing? Shouldn't this be easy?? thanks in advance, Chuck
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