Hi
Thanks for the interest. Before deciding to make the Spark machine we did fair bit of research into the American market, which seems to be fairly full of low cost equipment. This stuff never seems to have taken off much in the UK, so we thought we would have a go. We started with a clean sheet design, aimed at the same price bracket as a Torchmate 3.
The Spark has an integral fume bed and touch screen pc in a pedestal, along with a 40 amp Thermal Dynamics plasma and costs £11,500.00 + VAT including delivery and installation in Wales (most of these bits are extras on the American machines).
I am looking at doing a cut down version with no bed or plasma and use your own pc, the basic mechanics would be the same with aluminium extrusion rails so all you would need to fabricate would be some small stands and a cutting bed.
Expected price about £6,500.00 with a plate riding roller torch height (+£500.00 for automatic Arc Voltage height Control and Initial Height Sense)
Please let me know if you want any more info.
Cheers
Mike
Techserv
PS I have a bunch of videos on YouTube showing the control system in action if you want to have a look please search for techservcnc |