These days, most shops with steel shape cutting needs either farm the work out to a laser cutting service, or do it in-house on a CNC plasma table. However, it hasn't always been that way. Pantograph shape cutting machines, first patented in 1917, used oxygen-fuel cutting torches for such work. Thes...

I combined an old 9" Troyke rotary table with some drill press parts and came up with this welding positioner. It tilts 90 degrees both ways, and swivels side to side. It is variable speed, and foot pedal controlled. Speed ranges can be adjusted by switching timing pulley diameter. The drawing ...

tweake wrote: ↑Thu Dec 08, 2022 1:22 am nice
interesting table. how did you build that ?

Free plans to build this table can be found here: https://cncplasmadesign.com/downloads/

In my retirement, I've been amusing myself by cutting out these 18" to 19" long vintage cars & bikes on my little DIY plasma table:

I'm retired, and now doing metal fabrication and metal art projects at home as a hobby. For many years I owned a company that manufactured CNC plasma tables (Torchmate), and while my business days are behind me, I still have a keen interest in the process.