Dragon Plasma cutter

I already have a plasma cutting table made with openbuilds products , but when i saw the metalguru's idea , i said "whoaww" , this build will be perfect for me .

A compact plasma cutting table , easy to carry . neither to big nor to small
I will describe here the advance of this assembly

First : The idea ( picture from Metaguru )


And now , let's go working :






Plasma generator will be an Esab Cutmaster A40 or A60 .
The A-serie from Esab is perfect for this kind of use .

CNC control board is already build in , Torch will be a mechanical one (SL 180 from esab )
I will not add a THC on this project because the working area is not really big so it's not needed here.
Stepper motors will be High torque Nema 23 for X and Y axis and nema17 for Z axis .
For the torch , i'm not sure at this point if i will use a floating head or an inductive sensor to detect the material .

Updated : May 2nd 2017
I take the decision to use I a floating head instead an inductive sensor , because inductive sensor is too expose and can be parasite by plasma arc .

Floating head picture :



Wiring is done .
Some pictures ... first video coming soon




I come back to this project with some mods , ( i add a second stepper on the X axis and some other small enhancements).

First moves :


new picture :

First cut , this project is finally finished


All plates you need ..