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Plasmaron

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Hello everyone, I just joined the forum.
I was wondering what reto kit I would need for an old Esab 1000 table, it is rack and pinion, the control panel is shot.
Need to know what kit you guys recommend to get it up and running.
Thanks in advance
Ronnie
 
The Esab 1000 has an optical tracing system and it doesn’t work anymore, I guess what we will need to do is, replace the motors and controllers and go with a kit with breakout board and get acomputer.
Looking at a cheap Chinese retro kit to do away with the optical tracing system, any recommendations for a good kit that want break the bank.
 
The Esab 1000 has an optical tracing system and it doesn’t work anymore, I guess what we will need to do is, replace the motors and controllers and go with a kit with breakout board and get acomputer.
Looking at a cheap Chinese retro kit to do away with the optical tracing system, any recommendations for a good kit that want break the bank.

slide on over to www dot cnc zone dot com
and they can help you better there.

I had to disguise the web address,
the moderation here won't allow a direct link.

BTW what is you idea of "Won't break the bank" ?

what kind of accuracy do you expect this machine to achieve

And what torches does the machine have currently ?
 
It has an Esab plasma cutter
The cheap Chinese kit is right at $300 dollars
Fairly accurate for the cutting
Thanks for the link I will check it out
 
It has an Esab plasma cutter
The cheap Chinese kit is right at $300 dollars
Fairly accurate for the cutting
Thanks for the link I will check it out

"Fairly accurate" ?

Gonna need to put some numbers on paper before you
go to all the trouble of converting.
Your machine may not be capable of what you want.

How did the optical system handle torch height control ?
 








 
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