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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.

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Brian

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Brian Barker

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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From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Brian Barker
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2022 8:25 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [MachCNC] Mach4 teach/record

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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)

Webpage: 

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;

1. Has anybody built something like this, that would have any experiences to share?
2. Is anyone using Mach4 to run a robotic welder? Good/bad?
3. 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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