Torchmate

[millman52]

Anyone have experience with setting up & running a torchmate CNC oxy burning table?

I'm new to CNC. Ihave a general understand of how it all works.

One reason I am concidering the torchmate Is I can build my own table as I need something pretty heavy as I sometimes need to place a 4' X 8' sheet of 1" on the table. Most common though is 3/8", 1/2" & once in a while 5/8"

[dlenox]

I used a Torchmate in a past life, it uses a metal template with a magnetic drive roller to follow the profile of the template. Whether you drive a gas or plasma is of no concern.

[millman52]

Originally Posted by dlenox I used a Torchmate in a past life, it uses a metal template with a magnetic drive roller to follow the profile of the template. Whether you drive a gas or plasma is of no concern.

I own a Radigraph that was marketed by Linde that is the magnetic tracer type machine. I think ESAB now is selling the exact same machine with slightly improved controls & a few more bells & whistles like built in igniter & switches on the control panel to turn on/off all gases making adjustment of preheat flame only necessary when torch is lit for the first cut of the day or when changing thickness of metal etc.

Torchmate no longer builds the pantograph style machines. They are now building full CNC controlled gantry style kits & machines.