Eagle Plasma Table?

[shanej]

Well there is no video yet but I have cut a couple of things, and I am happy with the performance. Here are some pics of what I have cut out of 14 gauge Mild Steel.

I have had a couple of hiccups along the way but I hope that they are straightened out now.

I hope to have some videos as soon as I get a torch height controller, it is a must for cutting large parts, I am tired of having to pause the cutting operation and adjusting the torch height because of waves in material.

[shanej]

I got my torch height controller in the mail and I have been working on getting it installed, I hope to have some videos up soon.

[shanej]

I forgot to post a video.

I am really enjoying my plasma table, I have cut 3 4x4 sheets of 14 gauge and the tabernacle has been working very well.

[tjb1]

Boy they arent kidding when they say no frills...I guess this is why most people make their own tables.

[shanej]

I have added a water table and a floating head

[xalky]

I almost bought one of those. I decided to build my own. I stole a few ideas from that table for my build. I used a belt drive but added 4 to 1 gear reduction. I also made mine easy to dismantle for moving and storage purposes. You con see my build in the build log section.

[shanej]

What's the reason for the 4 to 1 gear reduction

[xalky]

What's the reason for the 4 to 1 gear reduction

Better acceleration for cutting thin sheet metal and better resolution and to put the steppers in their peak torque rpm. Ideal setup is around 1 inch of table travel to 1 rev of stepper motor. Without the gear reduction my table would have traveled around 4" per revolution and overcoming the mass of the gantry at high speed would not have been good. Fast direction reversals are essential to getting nice true and sharp cuts in thin sheet metal.

[shanej]

Well it has been a little over 6 months since I bought my table and I am still pleased with it and I have ran quite a bit of metal through it and it is still running great I am able to cut fairly complex designs at 120 ipm for cutting a decent hole I cut at 60 ipm. I use the hypertherm powermax 65 plasma cutter and I have cut materials rangeing from 14ga to 3/8". 14ga has low speed dross at the speeds the table is able to run accurately but 12ga and above produces a very nice cut with very little dross that is usually easy to scrape off. Overall I would probably buy this table again. A floating head and a torch height controller is a must have.

[captsomer]

I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents...

I bought a 5' X 10' table from Eagle Plasma a few months ago. I am very happy with the table and I had it working in my shop in a pretty short amount of time considering I knew almost nothing when I started.

Al at Eagle Plasma has been very helpful in taking the time to answer my questions over the phone and by Email. He has helped me with my personal projects as well as getting the machine up and running. He has gone way above and beyond with his costomer service generosity.

I highly recomend doing business with Eagle Plasma.

[captsomer]

I just wanted to throw in my 2 cents...

I bought a 5' X 10' table from Eagle Plasma a few months ago. I am very happy with the table and I had it working in my shop in a pretty short amount of time considering I knew almost nothing when I started.

Al at Eagle Plasma has been very helpful in taking the time to answer my questions over the phone and by Email. He has helped me with my personal projects as well as getting the machine up and running. He has gone way above and beyond with his costomer service generosity.

I highly recomend doing business with Eagle Plasma.

[shanej]

I have cut a lot of metal on mine and I have been quite happy with it. Al is great to work with