As some of you may remember, I remade my old Hobart CyberTig to be
controlled by a microcontroller and it is now capable of doing "high
voltage DC" of up to 300 VDC (as well as low voltage high current DC
of up to 80 V).
The use of low voltage power supply is stick and TIG, which already
works.
My intended use for high voltage power supply is to make a plasma
cutter. I have a compressor and air dryer. My problem is that unlike
stick and TIG welding, I have never done any plasma cutting, have no
friends who do such, and would like to see how it works. (I have read
some stuff, but reading is not a substitute for experience)
So, if anyone of you are in Chicagoland, own a plasma cutter and would
like to get paid some sensible amount for showing how one works (beer
is on me), let me know. thanks
ichudov AT algebra DOT com
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Does technicalvideorental.com have anything on the topic, I wonder?
That guy ranting about them the other day reminded me of 'em again.
Worth checking out anyway.
Igor buys good beer, for the record.
Dave Hinz
Before you go thinking it's something complicated, try this: connect the unit
(plug in the power source, plug in a source of clean dry air at the right
pressure), then connect the ground lead to a distant corner of the work, put on
some #5 shades, hold the torch 1/16" or so above an edge, otherwise straight up,
pull the trigger, and move away from the edge, and see what happens. It's a
whole lot like an oxyfuel cutting torch except electric, also the slag seems
easier to chip off.
GWE
You know Grant, I think that yes, I should try just that. I can try a
"scratch start" without HF, I think, right? (I just care to get an arc
going and cut something somewhere) I do not think that 300V would get
the arc going from 1/16 of an inch, maybe I am wrong.
Is the torch going to be positive and work lead negative?
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Isn't the internet a wonderful thing? I mean really? Heck, I hear you
can even get help with math homework at some places.
Things tend to come around, don't they?
And to a chip code designer - look at Hypertherm docs for theory - they have a
multi-step
voltage/current that gets the current flowing and then dumps the beam on the
work.
Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
NRA LOH & Endowment Member
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member
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Grant Erw> Before you go thinking it's something complicated, try this: connect the
The torch is negative - a source of electrons - the source is often Hf.
Plasma machines use a kick start coil - to arc and get the current flowing.
Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
NRA LOH & Endowment Member
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member
Interesting - guess that's a 'new' thing?
10 years ago i had a plasma - you definately had to touch the workpiece with
the tip the whole time you were cutting. Tip was brass and needed cleaning a
lot and changing occasionally - it featured a large central hole and 5
smaller ones around it.
Seems to me though - no matter if they touch it or not they do cut nice and
quickly:)
Scott
Cool- Drop me an E-mail off line and let me know what works best for your
schedule. If you want to take the train in the Heritage Corridor and Rock
Island hit Joliet. Funny thing is I just used it for about an hour this
morning. It's been collecting dust for a few months and I really gave it a
workout on some tubes from a wrecked chassis totally by chance.
Have a good one!
Rob
Fraser Competition Engines
Chicago, IL.
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