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Hello friends,
I finally got my table up and running about 6 weeks ago. The process was infinitely more challenging and time consuming than I had imagined. Huge respect for all the other scratch...

So, I've finally got the base of the table welded up! I also have the risers tacked on and I've decided on some unorthodox wheels. I'm going to cut off the goofy u channel brackets I made for the...

I got my Mesa IO and BO cards installed and tested in LinuxCNC. Spent quite a bit of time reading the manuals etc before putting power to anything. Used the pncconfig wizard in LinuxCNC to configure...

Well, here's the progress I made with my week off last week:

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It was a long week. Spent a lot of time scratching my head, but I'm happy with how it's coming along. Surface is...

Hey, thanks for the input Kyle! I know it's a gamble, and I've been really impressed by Tom's service already when I asked him a question about his products. However, part of my motivation for taking...

Hey Folks,
After looking at the mesa cards and linuxcnc.org, I've redone my trusty electronics comparison chart.
I figure that with keling motor drivers and no Mach license, not including my time,...

Hi Hugh,
I'm in the middle of a 4'x8' plasma table build in Juneau, Alaska. I've been documenting it here. I'm using the plasmabot 5.0 gantry kit. I'd recommend it except the proprietor seems to...

Hey Top, thanks for the reply. I'll give that a try. Really goofed one up earlier this week.
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Took a whole afternoon to fix it. Details and more pics @ www.cnctablebuild.com. Anybody have...

Made it over to the hangar to make some wheel brackets and I finally have all four sides of the table's base completed. Next is to tack them all together. Here are a couple pics.

More on my blog. ...

Howdy folks!

Time for an update:

Just did a bit of analysis on my blog about the different options for the motors and controlling electronics for my table. Basically I figure it'll cost me...

Hello,
I added the water table and the gantry to my CAD file. Here's a render:
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Any thoughts on material and thickness for the water table? I read about some folks using a spray on truck...

Thanks for the tips John! I've been on weldingtipsandtricks.com before. Good stuff. I also like chucke2009 on youtube. Watched a lot of his stick welding videos. I ordered the rest of my steel for...

Hello All!
I've been lurking for quite a while now and I'd like to thank everybody on here for all the great info and advice. I've finally started building my own table with the shopdroids 4.0 kit....

Looks really good! A little scary as it is a testament to how far I have to go! Keep it up!

Really like your water table. Excited to see how you progress.