ESAB has unveiled its Vision T6 CNC, a controller for automated plasma and oxy-fuel cutting machines that the company says is ...

How a CNC Plasma Cutter Works A plasma cutter channels an electric arc through compressed air to create a jet of ionised gas that melts a narrow path through metal.

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If you want a machine that will build other machines, you want a CNC plasma cutter. That’s [willbaden]’s entry for the Hackaday prize. It’s big, massive, and it’s already cutting.

Having a plasma table to cut metal parts would be nice. Loading the plasma table with 4’x8′ or 4’x10′ sheets can get awkward. Having this auto-loaded with a click of a button would be ideal.

I’m not trying to sell it here, but I’ve been trying to sell a Langmuir Systems CrossFire Pro CNC Plasma table + RazorWeld CNC plasma torch for 4 months by word of mouth and that’s not working.

CNC systems carry a plasma torch over a table based on programed X-Y axis coordinates. The new at-home plasma machine, the CrossFire, is the brainchild of brothers Mike and Danny Downs.

The cutter’s repeatability is to within 0.001 in., resolution is 0.0002 in., and its top cutting speed is 800 ipm. And customers can choose from three standard table sizes, which can handle up ...