stinkity stoink
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Wondering if anyone has built this small footprint, CNC plasma cutter. It’s looks pretty impressive . He has it so it folds up and can be tucked away.
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I think it came out a couple weeks ago so not much time. I have been interested in this, the JD Squared, or roll my own but have about 15 other projects to complete first.
Also, the longer I wait the cheaper fiber lasers will get.
EDIT: Mostly posted here so I can follow along on this thread.
Also, the longer I wait the cheaper fiber lasers will get.
EDIT: Mostly posted here so I can follow along on this thread.
rattle_snake
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Whatever is underneath the cutting is going to have a hard life. That's the compromise made having it small/portable vs a water table. Going to make a big mess.
whateg01
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My table has a tray underneath. Didn't want the mess of a water table and when I built it, the garage was unheated. I don't place my fine china there. It's fine. The dust *****, but that's not just under the cut.
whateg01
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I'm at the point where I think I'm ready to build a laser table. Fiber lasers are pretty affordable now. My plan is it build a new plasma table but include provisions to attach the cutting head.
This is the second video of a portable fold up table I've seen in the past week.
Affordable is relative, but how thick are we talking? Google says a fiber laser that can cut 1/4" mild steel is $15k and up.
whateg01
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Turn key system is between 12 and 15. So, yeah, affordability is relative. I still haven't added up all the components, but I know I can build a 1500w machine for less. There's a video a guy did showing building one then the next thing ya know, somebody has sponsored him by giving him one of those $15k machines. That would sure be handy.
whateg01
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One thing I find annoying is that since I started looking into a fiber laser, I get bombarded by ads. The ads don't bother me, but they'll have something like "starting at $5999". So I click. Then I find out that I can buy the laser welder for 6k, but the rest of the stuff that makes it a laser cutter table makes it $15k. I did finally stop falling for it, though.
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stinkity stoink
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fiber lasers are way out of what I’m looking for lol ..This caught my eye because it seems as compact as the arc droid, but can get a significantly bigger cutting surface. I think towards the end of the video, he actually builds a water table for underneath it.
WhoWhatNow
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If you are looking for something small, a member here repurposed a laser engraver as a plasma cutter. I followed his directions and it works great for a small plasma table. Mine hangs in the wall.
www.garagejournal.com
I think the Arc captain plasma cutters are on sale on Amazon as part of Prime day.
$337 Plasma Table
I needed to have some metal parts cut for a project and was tossing around the idea of sendcutsend, or trying out a plasma cutter. Exploring the plasma cutter route, my buddy and I noticed small plasma tables looked really close to 3d printers / laser cutters. With that idea in my head I decided...
www.garagejournal.com
I think the Arc captain plasma cutters are on sale on Amazon as part of Prime day.
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stinkity stoink
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So I think the beauty of the thing in the video is it can cut a pretty big surface area, but fold up and be tucked awayIf you are looking for something small, a member here repurposed a laser engraver as a plasma cutter. I followed his directions and it works great for a small plasma table. Mine hangs in the wall.
$337 Plasma Table
I needed to have some metal parts cut for a project and was tossing around the idea of sendcutsend, or trying out a plasma cutter. Exploring the plasma cutter route, my buddy and I noticed small plasma tables looked really close to 3d printers / laser cutters. With that idea in my head I decided...
I think the Arc captain plasma cutters are on sale on Amazon as part of Prime day.
As someone who has cut about 300 feet of 1/4" plate in the last year for planters, the dust and fumes get everywhere. Have to have front and side doors open. I need a water table bad. But I don't want to lose 40 square feet of shop to it just yet.
The holy grail is a 4x4 2 KW fiber laser under 10k. Until then need to explore options.
whateg01
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My plasma table has a 24x24 cutting area and is about 30x36 overall. I would like a 24x24 fiber laser table with about the same foot print. Gweike has been advertising a machine with that cutting area but over 4 feet long. That's part of the reason I want to build one - to have the cutting area and footprint I'm after. Not sure I'll actually save money doing it though. I wheel my table out on the driveway to try to minimize the dust in the shop. Have thought about building a downdraft but haven't done it
Been following this guy who spends most of his time building DIY 3d metal printers, CNC mill, and in this instance fiber laser. To me, it's not enough of a savings to offset the time sink and tuning, but it's there.
That being said, there is a Chinese company he sources from called skyfire that is releasing a smaller format fiber laser to meet needs. Keeping an eye on that. Aware of Xtool/Gweike making their rounds, but all of them max out at 1.2 KW