Noob with a soon to be diy table

[_jay_]

Hello there,

I'm new to the plasma cutting CNC world, building my own right now based on an old laser cutter frame, 4x5.
Already got the brains Mesa 7i96 + Thcad, with LinuxCNC + PlasmaC + sheetcam, using Librecad for drawing 2D.

Found loads of info here and decided to joins and stop lurking from the depths of the internet.

[plasmanewbie]

Welcome to the site, sounds like an interesting build. Post up some pics if you get a chance

[_jay_]

Hi tnx for the welcome

Well, i'll be sarting with this old twin tube laser cutter, keeping the frame, adding a water bed, swapping the rails as those are all rusty and a bigger gantry made of extruded profile 120x60mm






I got the MESA 7i96 in the mail yesterday, so i can start installing LinuxCNC and start messing with it


And for " curiosity" i need to try to power up the lasers, the guy who gave me this said the 80w was never used so it should be in good condition and 150w failed, maybe the HV power supply




If they still work i might make a small cnc laser engraver or even a cutter with the 150w

[plasmanewbie]

That's pretty cool, those co2 lasers are pretty simple so I expect you will be able to get it running. Mirrors are a bastard to to get and keep dialed in but if you can get it going that would be pretty cool.

[_jay_]

ATM the priority is the plasma CNC but i'll give a shot to those lasers