I built the JD's Garage table myself and it looks like maybe you had the same problem I had. That would be that the torch starts to move a little too quickly after the "Torch Off" command is sent. This leaves a partial slice when it moves to the next position. So I "hacked" the post-processor and added a time delay right after the M5 (Torch Off) command. Now all the little slices are gone. I just basically made the "leave" delay equal to the Pierce time. I was doing this "by hand" when it first started but later figured out how to change the Post-Processor to do it for me. Less time and less mistakes. Next I want to have a Laser option . . . Happy Cutting!
I built a front end loader for my Deere 420 this spring and I cut out a bunch of stuff by hand. Sadly it looks like a little kid did it. During the project I was wishing I had something this size just for brackets and small stuff like what you did here. The FEL worked great for the projects, and I keep finding stuff needing it. Now this fall we got a couple rain storms and it appears I need to dig up the foundation on one side of my house to find and fix a leak. Well now this spring I'm going to build a mini backhoe. Thinking about my experience with the FEL, I started trying to figure out what I could do. JD's garage popped up in my research and now after watching your build..... Next paycheck the plans and 3d Printed parts will be ordered. By super early spring I'll have the table built just in time to build the Mini-Hoe! If I'm smart, I'll figure out how to use my Go-pro and other camera to actually video both builds. LOL Great job with this!
@@mauricesteer8023 the legs on my machine with the casters is 30.5”. I have a welding table I do a lot of work off of and I made it the same hight, works for me. Some people think my welding table is a little low, it’s what your comfortable with
What did you brush on the gantry for the bearings to roll on?? Thank you your video was very informative as we are in the process of building ours from JD's Garage.
I just finished binge watching you videos. I have the JDS garage kit/plans and I am slowly collecting parts as I can. Watching this has made me super excited to get going on mine! I also am a little intimidated about flashing the arduino..... I am also hoping to do the THC as well.
The flashing should be a pice of cake, I think my struggle was the limitations of my computer? I’m still not 100% sure but once it took all was good 👍🏻
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 I also have a computer genius buddy I can call in, so it shouldn’t be too bad. Are you building your THC soon, or will that be in the future? I spoke to the JD’s boys and they said they weren’t ready to release all the info yet. I have the parts and am excited for the release
thx, you need to use a CNC enabled plasma cutter, the torch is controlled with a relay, arduino and software. The JD’s garage plans provide this information
Sorry for the late responds, I have mainly been going off what the plasma cutter manual recommends, I’m still learning for sure. A forum could be helpful
right on thanks, I have cut hole’s as small at 3/8” however I do believe the machine is capable of doing smaller, my programming skills are still very rudimentary, I have lots to learn
I followed the same build procedure as JD’s garage, the only difference is I used 11 slats instead of 8 th-cam.com/video/vsgdE61KUXI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=eWILZo6duVR4f2Ic
I have a question about the idler brackets. The nuts are supposed to be drilled out to 5/16 then a 5/16 rod goes through. Is this just sitting in there or what retains it? Only part of the directions that are a bit confusing to me. Thanks! Cant wait to get mine set up!
I really didn’t keep track of what I spent, I built it over a long period of time and had some of the parts long before I started. Here’s a link of a cost break down of this machine th-cam.com/video/YohCCpud8aM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=aw58pEAeEWQLgEVN
I'm using the plans and starting this week... I see that they have a Z axis now. Do you see an advantage in having a Z axis. I have no metal working experience. Being that the metal is damn near flat I don't see where doing a touch-off every time is efficient. Any advice?
Having the z axis should help with torch tip life by having and keeping the correct tip hight. I do believe JD’s program there’s to pierce at a slightly higher height and then lower the torch for cutting. It will also help with metal that’s not perfectly flat, also overtime your Slatts get a little uneven with all the Cutting
I’ve been contemplating getting a setup like this to make rustic signs from recycled metal appliances. They are obviously painted though and I wondered how it would work with painted surfaces. Are you saying it results in a crummy finish or a bad idea or something else? Thanks for sharing your build!
Thanks 👍🏻 this machine does make very accurate cuts, I have found it like raw material over painted but it still does a great job on painted surfaces esp if it’s thinner material which you would most likely be using for signs 👍🏻
Great videos! It’s good to see the table up and running. Can you tell me what the accuracy on the holes is like? Are the fairly round and accurately sized? I had a belt driven cnc before and the holes tended to be fairly oval. I’m thinking of making one of there but need the holes to be round and sized fairly accurately.
thanks 👍🏻 the accuracy on this machine is very spot on, I find the holes come out very good as long as the torch is square, to your material and you slow your feed down. It’s all about the programming to get good accuracy
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 That’s pretty cheap. Good job. However that thing looks pretty dangerous and it could start a fire. You better make sure it’s not on fire 🔥
Nice, I built mine last year and i bought the LOTOS 5500d with the CNC port. I also upgrade with a Myplasm controller. But I got some issues when cutting 1/4" thick stock, so, looking for upgrading my cutter with a Hypertherm 45 XP. Also i'm planning for a new 4x4 table.
Have watched yours and jds videos, very good. A question though, where does the arduino code come from, does it come with the downloaded plans? I haven't managed to see this detail so far. Good video though. Thank you
Are you happy with the machine without the Z, My parts and plans Have the Z attachment but Im thinking of not using it. I think unless you use really bad warped metal, its not needed. What do you say?
right on thanks 👍🏻. It’s truly hard to say, I only get an hour or 2 here and there in the garage. It took me a long time, however if you had everything you needed and spent 2-3 days working straight you would have it done
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 I have 3.5 and 1.5 year old girls so I can relate to the hour or two here and there part. Theyre the reasoning behind my question haha. Thanks
@@crich1218 If you get the plans from JD’s it really is a great build, I’m very happy with mine, hope to have more videos with it this fall. Lots of plans just need to find the time
This is a job well done :) I am just about to finish mine, really looking forward to do some cutting :) I have a similar plasma cutter as yours, what size of torch holder did you use? Mine is a Herocut CUT55X, looks exactly like the Lotos
I just got the same exact plasma cutter like yours. Can you tell me how you got your plasma connected to the CNC controller or point me in the right direction for resources@@roadboogalabuilds5318
Damn, that is just incredible... I've been thinking about getting a small CNC plasma setup, but this really seems easy. Just curious what your estimated total parts cost was?
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 Awesome, sometimes it's hard to tell with how we get gouged with some items in Canada. Already got a plasma with CNC control options, but I'm tired of straight edges, wooden fences and circle guides with my steel plate that's propped up on my driveway.
I built the JD's Garage table myself and it looks like maybe you had the same problem I had. That would be that the torch starts to move a little too quickly after the "Torch Off" command is sent. This leaves a partial slice when it moves to the next position. So I "hacked" the post-processor and added a time delay right after the M5 (Torch Off) command. Now all the little slices are gone. I just basically made the "leave" delay equal to the Pierce time. I was doing this "by hand" when it first started but later figured out how to change the Post-Processor to do it for me. Less time and less mistakes. Next I want to have a Laser option . . . Happy Cutting!
Great job. We are fortunate to have JDG to make this possible for all of us,
Yes sir
Awesome 😎 very cool to watch it cut what you rendered on the screen
It’s a fun toy
Your table is looking great. Yeah that water pan definitely helps cut down on the dust.
Thanks, I still have lots of questions for ya, will get thing dial in eventually 👍🏻
Thats a great looking table. Thanks for the shout out.
It is a great table, thanks again!
Wow that is so cool, now I know where to get parts .
Great job
Right on thanks Rod, next time your in town stop by for a real life demonstration 👍🏻
Looks great,Nice work.
Thank you
Looking good, glad to see it cutting.
You and me both! Lol still lots to learn but it’s an amazing machine 👍🏻
Great outcome! Congratulations.
Thanks
Thats amazing
right on thx
Awesome video of your journey. I am building my control box right now
right on there cool machines 👍🏻 thx
I built a front end loader for my Deere 420 this spring and I cut out a bunch of stuff by hand. Sadly it looks like a little kid did it. During the project I was wishing I had something this size just for brackets and small stuff like what you did here. The FEL worked great for the projects, and I keep finding stuff needing it. Now this fall we got a couple rain storms and it appears I need to dig up the foundation on one side of my house to find and fix a leak.
Well now this spring I'm going to build a mini backhoe. Thinking about my experience with the FEL, I started trying to figure out what I could do. JD's garage popped up in my research and now after watching your build..... Next paycheck the plans and 3d Printed parts will be ordered. By super early spring I'll have the table built just in time to build the Mini-Hoe! If I'm smart, I'll figure out how to use my Go-pro and other camera to actually video both builds. LOL
Great job with this!
Right on thanks, using the table for a project right now
That looks like it is working great! That is going to be so handy for your future projects...
I’m excited for it, I was trying to zoom in on your decal at the end lol
Thanks for the video, will be building one of these soon and you have answered a lot of questions
Right on thx
I was wondering what leg height you settled on as the stock ones look to short for me as well
@@mauricesteer8023 the legs on my machine with the casters is 30.5”. I have a welding table I do a lot of work off of and I made it the same hight, works for me. Some people think my welding table is a little low, it’s what your comfortable with
Very nice!
Right on thx!
Espetacular obra de engenharia
Thank you
What did you brush on the gantry for the bearings to roll on?? Thank you your video was very informative as we are in the process of building ours from JD's Garage.
Gun metal bluing, that’s also what the JD fellas used
I just finished binge watching you videos. I have the JDS garage kit/plans and I am slowly collecting parts as I can. Watching this has made me super excited to get going on mine! I also am a little intimidated about flashing the arduino..... I am also hoping to do the THC as well.
The flashing should be a pice of cake, I think my struggle was the limitations of my computer? I’m still not 100% sure but once it took all was good 👍🏻
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 I also have a computer genius buddy I can call in, so it shouldn’t be too bad. Are you building your THC soon, or will that be in the future? I spoke to the JD’s boys and they said they weren’t ready to release all the info yet. I have the parts and am excited for the release
What's the actual size of the table?
@@johnrobinson5262 28”X30”
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 ok. So build one n then redesign it n use it to build bigger n better
what do you do so that the frequencies do not interfere with your electronics
Nothing more then shielded wiring, I haven’t had any problems, I will admit I’m no expert on electronics I just follows JD’s garage plans
No issues with the plasma cutter box right beside the electronics box?
No issues works great
cool work but how do you start and stop the plasma? or do you start and stop manually?
thx, you need to use a CNC enabled plasma cutter, the torch is controlled with a relay, arduino and software. The JD’s garage plans provide this information
What feeds and speeds have you found that works the best? we should make a form or something
Sorry for the late responds, I have mainly been going off what the plasma cutter manual recommends, I’m still learning for sure. A forum could be helpful
Enjoyed the video series. Looks like it is cutting holes really well. What's the smallest hole you are able to cut?
right on thanks, I have cut hole’s as small at 3/8” however I do believe the machine is capable of doing smaller, my programming skills are still very rudimentary, I have lots to learn
Did you use the power supply jd’s garage suggested
yes I used as many as (if not all) the same part JD’s used. Simply followed there plans
How did you build the cutting surface(rack)?
I followed the same build procedure as JD’s garage, the only difference is I used 11 slats instead of 8 th-cam.com/video/vsgdE61KUXI/w-d-xo.htmlsi=eWILZo6duVR4f2Ic
Hi, could you please tell us how much money has gone in to this? That is excluding the plasma cutter :)
I have a question about the idler brackets. The nuts are supposed to be drilled out to 5/16 then a 5/16 rod goes through. Is this just sitting in there or what retains it? Only part of the directions that are a bit confusing to me. Thanks! Cant wait to get mine set up!
Allen set screws holds it in place
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 great thanks I'll have to take a look!
Which cutter are you using?
th-cam.com/video/wm-cVtidRrU/w-d-xo.html
How much. Did it cost to build
I really didn’t keep track of what I spent, I built it over a long period of time and had some of the parts long before I started. Here’s a link of a cost break down of this machine th-cam.com/video/YohCCpud8aM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=aw58pEAeEWQLgEVN
I'm using the plans and starting this week...
I see that they have a Z axis now. Do you see an advantage in having a Z axis.
I have no metal working experience. Being that the metal is damn near flat I don't see where doing a touch-off every time is efficient.
Any advice?
Having the z axis should help with torch tip life by having and keeping the correct tip hight. I do believe JD’s program there’s to pierce at a slightly higher height and then lower the torch for cutting. It will also help with metal that’s not perfectly flat, also overtime your Slatts get a little uneven with all the Cutting
I’ve been contemplating getting a setup like this to make rustic signs from recycled metal appliances. They are obviously painted though and I wondered how it would work with painted surfaces. Are you saying it results in a crummy finish or a bad idea or something else? Thanks for sharing your build!
Thanks 👍🏻 this machine does make very accurate cuts, I have found it like raw material over painted but it still does a great job on painted surfaces esp if it’s thinner material which you would most likely be using for signs 👍🏻
Great videos! It’s good to see the table up and running.
Can you tell me what the accuracy on the holes is like? Are the fairly round and accurately sized?
I had a belt driven cnc before and the holes tended to be fairly oval. I’m thinking of making one of there but need the holes to be round and sized fairly accurately.
thanks 👍🏻 the accuracy on this machine is very spot on, I find the holes come out very good as long as the torch is square, to your material and you slow your feed down. It’s all about the programming to get good accuracy
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 that’s good to hear. I was thinking of using a rack and pinion for mine but may go with this design instead. Thanks again!
@@chrisjames6349 I never priced out a Rack set up, I understand it’s more expensive, I’m very pleased with the belt set up 👍🏻
Wow it cuts pretty thick! What’s the total cost of the table ?
That’s a good question, I didn’t keep track? Approx $150-$200 Canadian for the electrics, steel prices very so hard to put a price on that
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 That’s pretty cheap. Good job. However that thing looks pretty dangerous and it could start a fire. You better make sure it’s not on fire 🔥
@@williamlee5430 we better get a unicorn pilot, come and inspect. Maybe he can cause millions of dollars in punitive damages
Nice, I built mine last year and i bought the LOTOS 5500d with the CNC port. I also upgrade with a Myplasm controller.
But I got some issues when cutting 1/4" thick stock, so, looking for upgrading my cutter with a Hypertherm 45 XP. Also i'm planning for a new 4x4 table.
@@Blou55 That’s interesting? Mine seems to work fine with 1/4” material?
Have watched yours and jds videos, very good. A question though, where does the arduino code come from, does it come with the downloaded plans? I haven't managed to see this detail so far. Good video though. Thank you
Yes the plans give you step-by-step on how to program/flash the Arduino
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 ok thanks. Where do you get the actual code from to flash to the Arduino?
I have found the answer, the arduino code is linked in the plans when downloaded
@@Keith12001 👍🏻 perfect
It's using the free and awesome openbuilds control to flash and control the machine. The plans are great!
Are you happy with the machine without the Z, My parts and plans Have the Z attachment but Im thinking of not using it. I think unless you use really bad warped metal, its not needed. What do you say?
I have been very happy without the Z axes and agree with what you are saying, i do still hope to at the Z eventually but for now works great
Buenos dias, disculpe si podría ayudarme con el listado de los componentes. Seria de mucha ayuda
The components list is in the JD’s Garage plans
jdsgarage.bigcartel.com/category/plasma-cutter
Great series nice work. How many hours of build time do you think you have wrapped up into it?
right on thanks 👍🏻. It’s truly hard to say, I only get an hour or 2 here and there in the garage. It took me a long time, however if you had everything you needed and spent 2-3 days working straight you would have it done
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 I have 3.5 and 1.5 year old girls so I can relate to the hour or two here and there part. Theyre the reasoning behind my question haha. Thanks
@@crich1218 If you get the plans from JD’s it really is a great build, I’m very happy with mine, hope to have more videos with it this fall. Lots of plans just need to find the time
This is a job well done :) I am just about to finish mine, really looking forward to do some cutting :)
I have a similar plasma cutter as yours, what size of torch holder did you use? Mine is a Herocut CUT55X, looks exactly like the Lotos
Right on thanks 👍🏻 Yeah they’re a cool toy.
I just got the same exact plasma cutter like yours. Can you tell me how you got your plasma connected to the CNC controller or point me in the right direction for resources@@roadboogalabuilds5318
When your not using the cutter, maybe the arm should be supported.
That would take stress off of the 3D parts.
That’s not a bad idea 👍🏻
Damn, that is just incredible... I've been thinking about getting a small CNC plasma setup, but this really seems easy. Just curious what your estimated total parts cost was?
I really didn’t keep track, the steel it self was expensive when I purchased it. I think mainly because it was a special order from my supplier
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 Steel prices definitely suck these days. Was just wondering the ballpark though like under $1,000 type of deal.
@@mxdev6387 Ya I’m sure I was under $1000 (not including the price of the plasma cutter)
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 Awesome, sometimes it's hard to tell with how we get gouged with some items in Canada. Already got a plasma with CNC control options, but I'm tired of straight edges, wooden fences and circle guides with my steel plate that's propped up on my driveway.
@@mxdev6387 there you go that’s half the battle, and yes we so get bent over on prices up here in the north!!!
vere nice work
may you helb me to build one please
Right on thx
@@roadboogalabuilds5318 will you help me to build one?
@@alymahamed8455 go to JD’s garage TH-cam channel and you can pick up a set of plans
What plasma cutter do you use
th-cam.com/video/wm-cVtidRrU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=cm_gZbEbGQnCZ3kI