Cool, I have a welding bench here and a few welders I can hook up
for testing. I was thinking I would make something that would
mount to my table from weldtables.com . So if you want to do this
don't worry about the software side. We can read the encoders and
use that to program the motion... ALSO I can move every axis as it
is moving to get the machine where the wield should be.
Thanks
Brian
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Engineering / Development
ArtSoft | Newfangled Solutions
Livermore Falls, Maine (USA)
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Thanks for the offer Brian. I will? be
looking into the design some more. At this point I only have a
vision. I will try to model what I want in Solidworks, and
figure out the motion/ linear bearing etc.. If the project
goes ahead, I will try to contact you.
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Thank-you!
Brian Martin
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Hi Brian,
I really love the users we have, you are 100% reading my
mind! I have been dreaming about doing this and have some
ideas. I have most all the code and I have things that you
don't know about that we can use to help you with this
project. If you want to chat about this send me a message off
list and we can talk over the phone. I am in!
Thanks
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Brian Barker
Engineering / Development
ArtSoft | Newfangled Solutions
Livermore Falls, Maine (USA)
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On 2/21/2022 7:45 AM, Brian Martin wrote:
Good morning, I am looking for some
advice and ideas for a project I am brainstorming. I have
built a couple CNC machines in the past using Mach4/ESS, so
I am comfortable doing it again. Now I am thinking about
building a CNC welder for a production beam welding job that
we do. I would like to control X,Y,&Z plus at least1
rotary axis for the positioner, possibly up to 4 rotary axis
total. Overall travel would be approximately, 144”X, x 48”Y,
x 60”Z.
My questions are;
- Has
anybody built something like this, that would have any
experiences to share?
- Is anyone
using Mach4 to run a robotic welder? Good/bad?
- If Mach4,
is there a plugin or wizard or otherwise, that will allow
me to build Gcode by jogging to points similar to
programing a robot? Like a teach function?
I recently purchased a Vectis Cobot with
UR arm, so I am familiar with robotics, but the reach of the
UR arm is limited, not to mention the cost is too high for
this job. I will keep using the Cobot for smaller intricate
parts.
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Thank-you!
Brian
Martin
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