About a two years ago I got my mill going. Still just X and Y though but does mostly what I need.
I also started a cnc plasma table about a year ago. I am great at starting projects, the finishing part not so good. That and I have a ton of other things going on.
Anyways I needed to cut some flanges out, and was tired of using the mill, 1/4" end mill, 3/16" plate. Basically it would take forever for one piece and I needed several.
So I had a bright idea, bolt a long angle iron to mill, tape the plasma torch to end, set plate on stool with it overhanging and use the mill to move the torch. Standing in middle pulling trigger via MO stops.
At best I figured woudl get me through this project until I have room again to work on plasma. (shop is packed full right now).
It worked amazingly well. The 10minutes spent on the ghetto mod saved me a ton of future work. Not a permanent fix but sure helps out for now. |