Nice video, all of your statements were accurate. That box is at best a 400 dollar box if you are willing to accept the crudeness. If you have a Hypertherm plasma cutter it will likely work. I was the second manufacturer of CNC plasma tables in the US. That was 25 or so years ago. Torchmate was the first, I bought a torchmate kit, It was so bad that I didn't even build it instead I built my own design and started selling CNC plasma cutters. I had to personally design and solder every motor driver board. There were no cheap boards available period. A 20 dollar driver would have been a dream come true. I still have some boards and components but cheap boards rule the day !! Torchmate was using plotter codes to drive the machine. You had to hand edit every file to add torch on off and pause commands. When I started selling machines I used Gcode of course and I wrote a Cad to Gcode program to make things much easier.
Robert, Thank you for your support. Many like you see it, and unfortunately many new guys have no idea what their looking at leaving them vulnerable. I hope they find the video. Thank you, Vince
35:00 In RS485 connector why the wire shield is daisy chained with the negative in this sketch? I was browsing there website some weeks ago and i found this part a little misleading.
Thank you for your support, and nice catch. This is incorrect as the shield drain should be allocated to the system's ground bus for proper EMI dissipation. Thank you, Vince
I read about ground both sides it can create a ground loop, witch actual makes the shielding become an antenna. Drawing in EMI. like tuning in a radio station
John, thank you for your support as always, and you're correct "Ground Loops" can cause a lot of issues, and this is why understanding the details of plasma robots is essential. Honestly though the more you review chassis most end users produce are lacking proper double shielding to begin with let alone proper grounding. Have a great weekend! Vince
My Cnc box I built for my Bridgeport not plasma I used 16g aircraft shielded cable for my steppers. That my last job sold me the owner was amazing! He would sell me cables anytime I asked! On top of that I used shielded wire on almost everything used. (Used acorn control for the Bridgeport) Now my question! I have a millright mega v plasma that the control box looks close to this! I want to use either Myplasma, Masso, or centroid acorn if they come out with the plasma version soon. I’d like to have separate y axis for auto squaring! For my table. I paid over 3 grand for the millright and their advertisement looked like it was plug n play! NOT SO! I really really like the acorn from centroid it just works! I’d like your opinion on these control systems in-biased of course! Oh and the Ethernet cable being used for this is breathtaking! I wire military aircraft and seeing this is just WRONG! Banana plugs? Really????
TrialInterror thank you for your support. I suggest you review my release of Pumotix, and my PLCM-E1B ethernet controller option as its lower price, and the features the software offers for plasma systems exceeds what's currently on the market. Here's the videos to review. Pumotix Motion Control Pricing Structure (Part 1) th-cam.com/video/j9vh-spEbiI/w-d-xo.html Pumotix Motion Control Software The Introduction (Part 2) th-cam.com/video/RL7vHlB4ISQ/w-d-xo.html Pumotix The Future Of Motion Control Overview (Part 3) th-cam.com/video/I7_XxyaFSVI/w-d-xo.html Pumotix Post Processors And Software Package Options With Custom Post Processor Form Overview.. th-cam.com/video/MHEg7GXTZ7o/w-d-xo.html Pumotix Already Had An Update! th-cam.com/video/BXSXdolckoc/w-d-xo.html Pumotix Plasma Screenset & Features Overview th-cam.com/video/rjUlMovnQ3A/w-d-xo.html Pumotix Option Module To "Start From An Arbitrary Line Of G-Code" In Action.. th-cam.com/video/8PVTtulEr6k/w-d-xo.html How To Set Offsets & Macros In Pumotix th-cam.com/video/d9yegXIPQ_U/w-d-xo.html Pumotix PLCM Turnkey Package Overview & Assembly.. th-cam.com/video/0sSELla1wZE/w-d-xo.html The Overview Of The PLCM-E1B Users Manual.. th-cam.com/video/LbR11juBEYQ/w-d-xo.html PLCM E1B Connection Established Out Of The Box In 4 Minutes th-cam.com/video/P9MfHrag238/w-d-xo.html Thank you, and have a great weekend! Vince
Question for you from a complete novice... if the Step/Dir signal logic at 5 volts is questionable for interference related issues, then how would you overcome this in your profession opinion? Would the optimal solution be that people seek units, both controllers and drives that have a higher than 5 volt compatible step and direction input/output?
S S S stuff, thank you for your support. If it were possible to use drives with a higher voltage then this would certainly be beneficial as the higher the voltage the less EMI has an effect on them, but in best practice regardless of voltage of these signals when it comes to robotics double shielded cable, and ferrites for EMI mitigation is to be used for optimal EMI mitigation, and system stability. Thank you, and have a great weekend! Vince
@@jeffcoldon2670 thank you for your support. Unfortunately there are many systems like this one. I just hope end users use these videos to understand what their actually purchasing. Have a safe, and Happy New Year! Vince
Nice video, all of your statements were accurate. That box is at best a 400 dollar box if you are willing to accept the crudeness. If you have a Hypertherm plasma cutter it will likely work. I was the second manufacturer of CNC plasma tables in the US. That was 25 or so years ago. Torchmate was the first, I bought a torchmate kit, It was so bad that I didn't even build it instead I built my own design and started selling CNC plasma cutters. I had to personally design and solder every motor driver board. There were no cheap boards available period. A 20 dollar driver would have been a dream come true. I still have some boards and components but cheap boards rule the day !! Torchmate was using plotter codes to drive the machine. You had to hand edit every file to add torch on off and pause commands. When I started selling machines I used Gcode of course and I wrote a Cad to Gcode program to make things much easier.
Thank you for your support. I really appreciate it. Vince
So many things wrong in such a small package. Glad you are educating your viewers as to what is right and what is wrong.
Robert, Thank you for your support. Many like you see it, and unfortunately many new guys have no idea what their looking at leaving them vulnerable. I hope they find the video. Thank you, Vince
35:00 In RS485 connector why the wire shield is daisy chained with the negative in this sketch?
I was browsing there website some weeks ago and i found this part a little misleading.
Thank you for your support, and nice catch. This is incorrect as the shield drain should be allocated to the system's ground bus for proper EMI dissipation. Thank you,
Vince
I read about ground both sides it can create a ground loop, witch actual makes the shielding become an antenna. Drawing in EMI. like tuning in a radio station
John, thank you for your support as always, and you're correct "Ground Loops" can cause a lot of issues, and this is why understanding the details of plasma robots is essential. Honestly though the more you review chassis most end users produce are lacking proper double shielding to begin with let alone proper grounding. Have a great weekend!
Vince
My Cnc box I built for my Bridgeport not plasma I used 16g aircraft shielded cable for my steppers. That my last job sold me the owner was amazing! He would sell me cables anytime I asked! On top of that I used shielded wire on almost everything used. (Used acorn control for the Bridgeport)
Now my question! I have a millright mega v plasma that the control box looks close to this! I want to use either Myplasma, Masso, or centroid acorn if they come out with the plasma version soon. I’d like to have separate y axis for auto squaring! For my table. I paid over 3 grand for the millright and their advertisement looked like it was plug n play! NOT SO! I really really like the acorn from centroid it just works! I’d like your opinion on these control systems in-biased of course! Oh and the Ethernet cable being used for this is breathtaking! I wire military aircraft and seeing this is just WRONG! Banana plugs? Really????
TrialInterror thank you for your support. I suggest you review my release of Pumotix, and my PLCM-E1B ethernet controller option as its lower price, and the features the software offers for plasma systems exceeds what's currently on the market.
Here's the videos to review.
Pumotix Motion Control Pricing Structure (Part 1) th-cam.com/video/j9vh-spEbiI/w-d-xo.html
Pumotix Motion Control Software The Introduction (Part 2) th-cam.com/video/RL7vHlB4ISQ/w-d-xo.html
Pumotix The Future Of Motion Control Overview (Part 3) th-cam.com/video/I7_XxyaFSVI/w-d-xo.html
Pumotix Post Processors And Software Package Options With Custom Post Processor Form Overview.. th-cam.com/video/MHEg7GXTZ7o/w-d-xo.html
Pumotix Already Had An Update! th-cam.com/video/BXSXdolckoc/w-d-xo.html
Pumotix Plasma Screenset & Features Overview th-cam.com/video/rjUlMovnQ3A/w-d-xo.html
Pumotix Option Module To "Start From An Arbitrary Line Of G-Code" In Action.. th-cam.com/video/8PVTtulEr6k/w-d-xo.html
How To Set Offsets & Macros In Pumotix th-cam.com/video/d9yegXIPQ_U/w-d-xo.html
Pumotix PLCM Turnkey Package Overview & Assembly.. th-cam.com/video/0sSELla1wZE/w-d-xo.html
The Overview Of The PLCM-E1B Users Manual.. th-cam.com/video/LbR11juBEYQ/w-d-xo.html
PLCM E1B Connection Established Out Of The Box In 4 Minutes th-cam.com/video/P9MfHrag238/w-d-xo.html
Thank you, and have a great weekend!
Vince
Question for you from a complete novice... if the Step/Dir signal logic at 5 volts is questionable for interference related issues, then how would you overcome this in your profession opinion? Would the optimal solution be that people seek units, both controllers and drives that have a higher than 5 volt compatible step and direction input/output?
S S S stuff, thank you for your support. If it were possible to use drives with a higher voltage then this would certainly be beneficial as the higher the voltage the less EMI has an effect on them, but in best practice regardless of voltage of these signals when it comes to robotics double shielded cable, and ferrites for EMI mitigation is to be used for optimal EMI mitigation, and system stability. Thank you, and have a great weekend! Vince
You are an interesting one to watch and very concise.
Hey Joshua, thank you for your support. I really appreciate it. Vince
I'll say it again man, You are an Internet Treasure for Hobbyists
Wayne,
Thank you sir I really appreciate the kind words, and support....:) Vince
Next up uc cnc axbb see whats under it skirt
Love these videos Vince top work
Uccnc is a reputable company, I am sure the axbb is an excellent motion control
@@chriskoppenaal5503 yep I have 1 on my table works very well, motion is smooth system is stable
David,
Thank you for your support. No one should be a victim from lack of knowledge. Thank you,
Vince
you wanna see a AXBB controller run a plasma table check cnc plasma table builders on face book i show you any thing you want to know
@@jeffcoldon2670 thank you for your support. Unfortunately there are many systems like this one. I just hope end users use these videos to understand what their actually purchasing. Have a safe, and Happy New Year! Vince
This guy should talk to Vince NOW!!!!! Save time /money /and hassle!!!
Madfish211, thank you for your support. I'm always here for questions..:) Thank you,
Vince
Insane. I'm not a EE and could have designed it way better than that.
Toddl1962, thank you for your support. Its amazing what's hitting the market lately. Thank you,
Vince
I realize Im kinda off topic but do anybody know of a good site to watch new tv shows online ?
@Kairo Lewis lately I have been using Flixzone. You can find it on google =)
@Davis Lawrence definitely, been watching on Flixzone for since april myself =)
@Davis Lawrence thank you, I went there and it seems like they got a lot of movies there :) Appreciate it!
tell us the vendor so we can witch hunt 😂
Rafa, thank you for your support. All that anyone needs to know is there out there waiting. Thank you,
Vince