(10-08-2013, 09:34 AM)Mayhem Wrote: Ed - we need a bigger one of these for this thread:
That is some serious and very nice equipment you have there Andrew. I had been following your CNC thread on MM and it is amazing what goes into making them work.
So what is the plan for the robotic arm? Personally, I'd have it set up to get me a beer from the fridge and open it for me. Or to answer my phone, as my wife always calls me when I'm under a car, in the middle of a cut or when my hands are covered in grease!
Well Mayhen - it came as a freebie with the Beaver Partsmaster. I have an idea in the back of my head to have it holding my Hypertherm 900 plasma cutter in it's hand and cut profiles in plate steel. It only needs 2 dimensions for that but it probably takes up less space than a cnc gantry type plasma table. It's not top of the 'roundtuit' list by quite a way at the moment. Being an 'Arcmaster' it is proof against the interference of the arcing inherent in these things.
Andrew Mawson, proud to be a member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Oct 2013.