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Would it be possible to get some detailed photos of the changes? I already ordered the new Ethercut system from CandCNC, but I just saw the gantry upgrades.

Thanks

Jason

75 is the voltage spec given by hypertherm for their low speed mild steel cut charts. Dont worry about the voltage divider, it's been correct for months... at 20:1 in both.

I will check tonight... thanks

Hypertherm 65 with Full size machine torch

Finecut Consumables
150 ipm cut speed
.06 cut height, with THC on
75 torch volts
40 amps
Deflector ring, since I am pretty sure you cant use the...

The table was bolted to the floor and I preloaded the y axis truck some more. The cut quality got much worse on the last cut we did. I think I will back the truck back off again and maybe raise the...

The y axis truck was preloaded from the factory on my kit and felt like it was set properly upon install.

I am bolting the table frame to the floor. The gantry has been bolted together, properly,...

Thanks Matt

What's your theory on the condition? I am wondering why it vibrates in the middle of the y axis, but not on the edges. Obviously, I will know more after I get it bolted down.

I dont have the gantry in front of me to measure, but is it 3030 series? Will these studs work?
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I was going to order about 24 of them. I dont expect Bulltear to just give them to me. I am the one that obviously stripped them out. If I could get a part# and a supplier; I would be more than...

Hey Matt:

Where can I get some more of the nutserts for the gantry? I stripped a few and I want to add a couple spines to reduce flex during cutting.

Thanks

Jason

I am trying to install the home switches so I can follow this procedure:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=T-LZBHkHPQg

The only question I had about that was the thing...

Ok, I will check the y axis truck.

I understand how Mach works with the error recovery now.... I watched the Arclight video series, which was super helpful.

When installing the x axis home...

In other news...

We cut our first products for sale. I think we bit off a bit more than we could chew at first, but we worked through it. First item we went to cut on 16 gauge was pretty/very...

This was definitely harder than I thought it would be. Setting the z axis to the right height was challenging; it was dragging the plate. Also... dont switch over to the machine window when...

Thanks Matt

The machine is cutting really well. Thom from CandCNC has been a big help.

Can we input a g-code in Mach3 to be able to just do a straight line cut? (like when I want to cut a sheet off?)

Well... last night we finally got the DTHC working correctly and the cut quality was very nice. Tonight we are going to try some larger parts and thinner stock.

Matt:

Sorry, Ive been slammed with work, but Katie said that we received the limit switches. Thank you

Jason

An update for everyone...

Matt arent you a member of the CandCNC yahoo group? I could have sworn I saw you post there, if so, you should be able to see the communications that Tom and I have had...

Im already on the email list, hence the posted message I made above to the CandCNC group, and Tom instructed me via that email above to adjust the pot.

I dont understand what you mean by "jumper...

Ok, I wont worry about that fault thing then. Thanks

Next set of problems...

Yes, the voltage divider was set incorrectly. I have both the pwm module and the hypertherm set to 20:1 now.
...

Yes... thank you very much.

Any ideas on the fault error?

I will send you a pm.with a different shipping address for the switches.

Ok.. I will do that when get back home.

Could you please adress my other questions I've asked in the last few posts?

I worked on this late last night... We have two db9 ports on the mobo. I switched the cable into the other port and now the volts dro is reading correctly and the power supply info is coming up...

Here is the message we posted to the CandCNC yahoo group: