My dream is to not need the Cobot... why because they are small
and lots of money. I dream of making some software that will do
the anything over 6" weld for me so I can drink my coffee and
watch it get sunburn. ;)
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On 2/21/2022 11:19 AM, o1bigtenor
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On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 6:45
AM Brian Martin <
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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.
I've thought of running the Cobot on a x-y sled? - - -
maybe underslung to keep the crap out of things.?
Then the rotary dimensions are handled separately.?
Simple - - no - - - doable - - - I think so.??
