I fabricated up a cart / rack to hold the 55 gallon drums that will be my sump system for the table liquid. I got the stepper motors installed and the torch ran through the cable carriers and switched over to the mini machine torch and got rid of the large gear rack collar. I could not fit all of them here so the rest are on the build site: I have a few more things to build though before I'm cutting. If I was not doing the water pan I could throw some slats in the pre cut holders and hook up the electronics and be cutting. The water pan Should drop right in I hope!. The welds on the trolleys and the gantry's were all tig'ed. The bends were all uniform and no tool marks showed through the powder coat.
The entire frame came powder coated blue. That is really nice to be able to have a 4 x 8 table up and ready in that amount of time with only simple hand tools. Taking pictures and documenting the process slowed us down a bit.
It was very easy to set up and with 2-3 three people could be completed in under 2 hours. The table is the iplasma series from Precision Plasma. One of the very nice things about getting a kit form table like we did is how easy it is to set up. It has been way too hot and humid to work lately. I put more photos on the build website than I could post here: Desert Fabworks CNC Plasma Build Yes the steel in the drawing is brand new, my steel supplier delivered some very rusty stock and they did not have enough. The slats slip in nice and easy but lock in once in place and I do not get any movement. Their design did not call for a center support rib but I added one and it made a big difference. I think this will workout ok but its the first time I have done this so we will see. I will fill the table 2.5 inches deep and have 1/2 gap between the fluid and the part being cut. I also opted to have the slats sit 1/2 below the rim of the pan. To make this work I added a 1/2 support to raise the slats up off the floor of the pan and help with fluid flow. I opted for 2.5 in which was a quarter of the price. 3.5 inch flat stock is crazy expensive at almost $40 a stick and i needed 10 for the table. They specified 3.5 in 1/8 flat stock for the supports.
I used 1.5 x 1.5 angle welded along the edge with 3/16 gaps. So I opted to use their alternate design. No one in my area could plasma cut a sheet over 4 x 8 nor could they bend a 120 bend on top of the 180 bend.
Their plans included an integrated slat holder that was plasma cut in to the plate then a 120 degree bend used to form a lip. I went with 1/8 plate formed into a pan using their dimensions to fit the table. Precision Plasma the manufacture of the table provided plans for fabricating the water table. I did a bunch of work getting the water pan set.
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