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;

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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