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I run a cnc plasma at work and do many projects on it, recently finished my deer head and was Well impressed so.had to share lol.
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nice work googe! very cool.

i'd ask to commission one of those but i don't think i could afford the postage never mind the artwork...
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I used a CNC plasma cutter to cut the 4" opening in the top of my keg for my 4" ferrule. Pretty cool, has more cleaning g of the edges than the CNC lazer cutter I have used for other projects.
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That looks awesome. Great job googe. How heavy is it?
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A “Mad Max” trophy, for sure. Dip it in sulphuric acid for a little of the patina. Nice, googe.
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Yep postage would be a killer HDNB lol. Thanks bushman, I remember you saying about your keg :thumbup: . We have a 6kw LVD 12530 laser now too, its a beast!. https://www.lvdgroup.com/en/products/co ... puls-40-30" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;" rel="nofollow
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Wow, lot bigger machine than I used. Was it much of a learning curve?
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ive only used it a couple of times bushman, doesnt seem to complex. most machines are idiot proof these days lol. biggest issues usually are programing errors.
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I used our smaller CNC plasma cutter to cut in the other shop the 4" opening in my keg for my 4" ferrule worked slick. Most of my experience and some of the products I cut for Mash Rookie were done on a CNC milling machine, slow but very accurate.
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Nicely done !!!
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Cool googe..! :thumbup:
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Nice one !
Did you grabbed the drawings somewhere ? I know someone who would love one :)
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Awesome! I might visit a museum if it contained this type of art.
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thanks fellas. would love to have a go on a milling machine bushman!. One of the programers at work got the images off google cede, they traced them and put them on the system.
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This is the laser at work, very fast, video doesnt justify it sorry.
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Cutting 25mm on the plasma, bit bright lol

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Wow! That cracked the screen on my phone lol !

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Playing with the new fibre laser at work.
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Nice googe . What size steel are you cutting there ?
LOL , love the + Z- written on the cutter . I get that …. scratch my head everytime I have to adjust Z offset on 3D printer at work .
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This thread brings back great memories of before retiring and having two CNC machines, a 3D printer, and a CNC plasma cutter. Would loved to have had a later cutter as well.
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I just picked up a plasma CNC, needs assembled still but it sits in the garage shop at the moment, should be able to cut copper rather easily so I'll be looking into some cross-hobby work for sure. I've also got a wood CNC, a small desktop laser and a resin and a filament 3D printer. Can't get enough of these machines.
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BlueSasquatch wrote: Thu May 26, 2022 5:32 am I just picked up a plasma CNC, needs assembled still but it sits in the garage shop at the moment, should be able to cut copper rather easily so I'll be looking into some cross-hobby work for sure. I've also got a wood CNC, a small desktop laser and a resin and a filament 3D printer. Can't get enough of these machines.
I cut my 4” diameter opening in my keg with a CNC plasma cutter.
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Bushman wrote: Thu May 26, 2022 5:40 am I cut my 4” diameter opening in my keg with a CNC plasma cutter.
I've got a 4" ferrule to add to my thumper this summer, was contemplating plasma cutter by hand, with the table, Im not sure how to rig up the CNC to cut it just yet.

For my copper pot still, we had a local company cut it all on their plasma CNC after hours, we went a bit heavy gauge and it was proving to be quite futile to hand-cut it all out. Thinking about doing the same and making a small stove-top pot still, just for recipe development.

Or perhaps using the plasma cnc when its up and running, to cut diffuser/shotgun plates,
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BlueSasquatch wrote: Thu May 26, 2022 5:46 am
Bushman wrote: Thu May 26, 2022 5:40 am I cut my 4” diameter opening in my keg with a CNC plasma cutter.
I've got a 4" ferrule to add to my thumper this summer, was contemplating plasma cutter by hand, with the table, Im not sure how to rig up the CNC to cut it just yet.

For my copper pot still, we had a local company cut it all on their plasma CNC after hours, we went a bit heavy gauge and it was proving to be quite futile to hand-cut it all out. Thinking about doing the same and making a small stove-top pot still, just for recipe development.

Or perhaps using the plasma cnc when its up and running, to cut diffuser/shotgun plates,
If you do the boiler be sure and add water to the bottom before cutting to make the slag easier to clean out.
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Its 6mm yummy. I'm no expert but all I know is fibre laser uses fibre optic for the beem and the others are co2. Fibre cuts copper brass abd alum and stainless better. One of the reasons I'm learning it is to cut some copper plates lol
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googe wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 2:50 pm One of the reasons I'm learning it is to cut some copper plates lol
Would never have guessed :ebiggrin:

Copper plates …. Oh yeah …. I’m excited . Been awhile since you did some still building . Photos
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