Torchhead,
I appreciate all your great advice. I have been researching on and off today about THC's, and re-read the THC300 manual to try and understand the whole process a little better.
I do most of my cuts in 1/8" and larger material, and sometimes may use 1/16" material. I would typically be cutting smaller pieces. From my experience on my CNC mill, a length of 10x4x1/8" flat stock usually has less than .010 to .015" of warpage. So could I setup my software with a fixed delay to pierce my workpiece at the proper piercing height (on the outside of the actual cut), then bring the torch to the recommended cut height, and proceed with my cuts. This would require small manipulatoin in my autocad drawings so I would never pierce the workpiece on an actual edge of my final piece.
So if I were cutting a straight line 10" long in 1/8" material with the proper IPM for my machine with my torch set to .063, would I see a big difference in the kerf size from a .010 to .015 change in torch height due to material warpage? If so, would you have any idea of what that would be?
I am not going to use this for any type of production use, and usually just to make parts for the custom projects I do. So I'm just trying to understand the actual gains I will get with a full THC setup over using what I already have.
Thanks.  |