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    Wow that is some heavy duty shielding. So is the shielding for the HF of the plasma cutter?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Hamstn View Post
    Wow that is some heavy duty shielding. So is the shielding for the HF of the plasma cutter?
    Yes, and other RF when TIG welding, etc

    Attached is a few pictures. The first two are the X axis guide rails. They are made from 1 in dia 1/8 wall tubeing welded to some BED rail.
    The second two are of some .070 SS to make a tray for the computer.
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    Keith,
    I mounted my computer, controller, and torch controller inside a metal cabinet. I cut vent holes in it and covered them with aluminum screening. If the controllers or computer are left exposed you will lose steps in a big way when the torch fires and quits.

    Your X rails look nice, how long are they? Will they mount to another metal base?
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    Gadget, The rails are 36 in long. They will be attached together. I am thinking that the base will be made of steel, but with a small footprint.
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    Keith, Check out FreeMill for generating 3d Gcode. You are somewhat limited as to the input type of files but it is free. I downloaded it and installed it but don't have a program that writes to that file type so I can't say how well it works.
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