Homemade CNC Plasma router with Mach3 and Triple Beast [HD]

I proudly want to present you my plasma router.
Sorry peolpe but I don´t provide the blueprints. - I`m sorry.
The router is belt driven by this Stepper Motors:
5,0A Bipolar - 3NM for the X-Axis
6,0A Bipolar - 4,5NM for the Y-Axis
4,0A Bipolar - 1,9NM for the Z-Axis
The controller is a Triple BEAST from Benezan electronics.
Workspace is ~1100mm x 1100mm
I´m using the Hypertherm Powermax 900
It´s not a THC system!
The fluid in the System is car radiator coolant.
The machine is still running. I´m using ist mainly to cut "Firebuckets"

[@blakethompson8022]

the lasers do make it MUCH easier to set your X,Y zero (datum) to define the stock. super cool build. job well done.

[@ChanmailleMan]

That is a hell of a piece of machinery you've got there. Well done.

[@Hightreewalker]

I can understand your disappointment but I think exactly the opposite.. and that's a compliment for this awesome machine. Everyone can theoretically make everything (whatever you call your home) but it takes patience, knowledge and a strong will. I like people pushing their limits, learning how to built their dreams even if it's hard and they allways succeed at last. You won't if you keep on looking it your way, sorry for saying.

[@westcoast996]

Very nicely done. I like how fast it is when it's moving to the next cut point. Hell, cutting speed is fast!

[@b10n1c6]

Hast du geil gemacht! Respekt!!!!! So eine Maschine fehlt mir noch in der Firma.

[@corski67]

Nicely done! You've thought of solutions to all common annoyances with these machines. I really like the refillable tank! It has the added benefit of allowing you to clean it out regularly, too.

[@unpopular_mechanics]

Hi, I know this is an old video and you have answered many questions, so forgive me for asking just a couple more. It appears that that the gantry is only driven on one side and that it is triangulated to avoid deflection, it is an elegant approach. Did it cause any issues? Also, were the supported 20mm rails an issue in terms of keeping them clean and rolling smoothly? Would you do anything differently if you built it now? Thanks

[@28yogy4todd]

I proudly want one! Very nice! Every metalsmiths dream machine!

[@patricksreels]

You either are nuts or you have some serious skill, or maybe a combination of both. Awesome machine dude!

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

@ps50k0 Hi, thanks! The main Frame ( blue ) is made with 60 mm x 60 mm Steel tubing and 80 mm x 40 mm Steel tubing. The Gantry is mainly made of aluminium profile, like all the other connecting parts are made out of aluminium. Llightweight rocks ;-)

[@icm3523]

This is T-1000 of the cnc plasma cutters... Amazing.

[@gunhappyie]

Sweet !!!! Thanks for taking the time to film it... Machine looks fantastic and something Id love to build myself. How much do you think its cost you so far ?

[@speeddemon370]

The laser "cross hairs" is a magnificent idea. All my machines will have those from now on. Nice machine! I'm not hearing or seeing any backlash or slop. Very fast. Awesome! I'm sometimes jealous of people that don't have to worry about torque on the cutterhead. :)

[@gh0stmast3r]

usually in the same way that knowing how to use a backhoe brings you work, most often a neighbor will want something made, or you'll be approached by someone about taking on a contract. usually this comes about just by spreading the word that you are capable, however it's not very hard if you advertise to start doing this full time with the right environment. if all else fails build cars, motorcycles, and anything else that moves.

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

@ps50k0 Hi, alu profile is 45x45mm The size of the round ball bearing is 20mm Size of the linear bearing is 25mm I don´t use this machine professionally I do have a Maho 600 mill.

[@FrustratedBaboon]

Reminds me of the gold days when we used plotters to plot. Same technology used in program.

[@szilkar]

Hi! Nice job! Very impressive! What did u use for gererating g-code? Because this is not a cnc plasma cutter just a normal plasma cutter. At first u have to touch the metal after u need a few mm-s gap. I would like to try it too:)

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

@BoostedRT hmm these are different motors X Axis is 60mm (3 Nm) motor which should be enough. The torch is controlled relay switch connected in parallel to the switch from the hand held torch.

[@saeedkhani5823]

I like your laser-lines Trick.good job

[@bivermonter]

As a helpful hint, If you read the plasma manual, or visit Hypertherm's website, you will find that all the cutting in this video was performed backwards. Best quality plasma cutting, due to the clockwise swirl of the gas, is achieved when interior features are cut counter-clockwise, and exterior features are cut clockwise. Give it a try, and see how your cut quality improves.

[@SuperCoolHero]

Dammm man, i just ensamble my first cnc Dremel 30x30cm, and a bit frustrated cause by adjustemt fail around 1mm or less in one axis, and saw this monster UFFF, U have the gear, i hope you start to do anithing whit these. dont stop to make stufff!!! congratulations

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

@mejser it´s car radiator coolant. doesn´t burn doesn´t become moldy etc...

[@flyer203]

Very nice!2000 is too low for such a quality made machine. What hardware stores did you buy from?

[@sebastianadams8771]

I'd love to have this setup for my PowerPlasma cutter. Great project you have there!

[@chrisconn5649]

Very impressive - you built the whole thing? What type of whole components did you use? I'm jealous you've made such a gnarly machine - perhaps you could make some videos on how to make one? :)

[@Rakan210]

seriously good work man! I dont get why people made 28 dislikes...

[@chadgdry3938]

Nice build, would have been coo too look over the equipment specks... you have a lot of speed, so.. what stepper motors did you go with? What is the granularity of movement? ex: 0.001mm over 100mm, etc? What bearing sets are you using? How much backlash is your kit dealing with? Werkstatt was not enough to lookup your shop online. I wonder if you even review these comments anymore?

[@maximumwoof]

rad machine, sir ! hats off to you ! i noted though that when you were cutting that sign out for your shop that your water table wasn't in place apparently.. hope there is plenty of dust and smoke ventalation if not... :)

[@JohnHarmon]

looks like you might need to add a slight delay for the pierce (depending on the thickness of the material) before your torch starts to move?

[@mauriceireri71]

very nice work, mind sharing the details of the job till completion. eg a parts list complete prices,schematics of the drawing layout and code to run the whole set up?

[@alanm3438]

I like it. It looks like it is better than my Torchmate 2X2.

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

Both, lead screw for Z. Pulley and Belt for X and Y. Hard to give details to others espacially since this machine is built in metric measures. Try to collect as much info from the internet as possible. Thats the way I did it. :-)

[@martin3866]

Richtig cooles Teil. Hätte ich auch gerne in der Garage stehen! :) Wieviel hast du da ca. investiert? Und was bist du von Beruf? Lg

[@JtagSheep]

Seriously brilliant CNC lots of nice handywork :)

[@suriyabala5860]

How you fix light it's awesome idea ,, I need clear view of light were you fix in machine

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

It´s car radiator coolant. ( not corrosive etc.... ) Water would work aswell, with some disadvantages...

[@tonystark7639]

It has nice smooth movement. I really want to make a cnc table for my powerplasma cutter.

[@flesvik]

With that kind of speed you can modify it to be a "pick and place" machine as well (if you have a need for that)

[@анатолийВеличко-й7х]

Класс!мы с котом и попугаем тоже такое умеем...вот лет бы 30 назад...

[@angelinventor]

First congratulations on the job as spectacular, one thing is not having the machine already? I am following your videos but has not uploaded any more waiting ...... most amazing videos like this ......

[@pcesquema]

This is the best homemade cnc plasma cutter I found on the internet . Very good job. I what to make one and use some of your ideas. Can you give me the plans of the cnc? Thanks for your time.

[@Yadilea]

That machine of yours is both a beauty and a beast! :D

[@wiredodger60]

Very, very impressive! Nice work, wish I was as talented as you to build this unit.

[@IlluminatedWhiteGuy]

OHHHhhhh! That is bad ass squared! I want to build one of those for my shop ASAP!

[@c.pc.5805]

Wow!!! Excellent work sir!!!

[@Jeremyrockjock]

That one puts mine to shame. Great job.

[@limited660]

Very nice video, why did you choose the odd shape for slats? Those are going to be difficult to replace in the future arent they? What are you using for the THC?

Do you also have an THC system ? Hoe exact is the belt drive working ?

[@94sss10]

you built a incredible machine but how about installing a float switch on you water table instead of holding a fill button

[@dorsetengineering]

How come the Z movements are so slow? The Z movements prior to each pierce cut increase cycle time a lot from what I can see. This is also true on plasmacam, the touch-off prior to pierce is so slow!

[@rabehcnc9004]

Hello, could you help me to setup touch n go function on plasma table? I have a touch sensitive switch, but I dont know which input to choose in mach3 for this swithc? How to configure everything to make it work

[@spidey4fun]

I've a touch plate on my CNC mill which is straight forward. This seems run a similar macro each time the z-axis lowers. Post G-code processing required to add this macro? On long cuts its not going to touch off so will crash if the metal warps?

[@lmeza1983]

someday I will build something like this, someday.

[@kikevillars]

Luis Fernando How is going?

[@swornimkc6168]

@@kikevillars yap

[@studleylee]

Very nice! I like the coolant tray too!!!

[@davidringer7940]

Nice work! I hope to finish my build someday.

[@772777777777777]

You should post what kind of plasma machine your using. are you using a inductive start ... reg hf start or..Blowback start starts arc without the need of High Frequency .

[@strizhi_mir9252]

wow, cool homemade plasma cutter, was it cheaper to go and make it yourself rather than buying one complete

[@rivtoolfan]

I must say every time i see this i keep saying "that is a bad ass machine" good job man, Have you finished it yet?

[@blitzkrueg07]

awesome job... looks great, I like the laser sights idea.

[@alexle3598]

Good job! Can you provide plans for this machine, pls?

[@Sh4dowHunter42]

Sure, first thing tomorrow morning.

[@markbenoit]

very nice set up! we have a arclight table but i want to build another one for home use. like to see more about how you set the laser set up .

[@Ripaltico]

Wow, looks and works wonderful, i'd love to build a machine like that!

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

The odd shape prevents them get burned out too quickly, because most cutting moves are horizontally and vertically. Well I hope I don´t have to replace them very soon :-) It´s not a THC system.

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

I don´t cut under water. The water is around 5-20mm under the torch. It´s the easiest way to prevent smooke and dust. There are also Plasma system cutting completely under water

[@roddarmody9538]

Amazing for 2000 EU. It moves really well

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

Hi, please read the description. It is a Hypertherm plasma cutter. Thank you

[@DictiusTeNecare]

Hallo, habt ihr die Zahnriemenscheiben extra gelagert, oder nur auf die Achsen der Schrittmotoren fixiert? Welche Baugröße haben die Schrittmotoren? Was habt ihr da genau für Linearführungsschienen verwendet? Echt schicke Maschine, würde mir auch gefallen :)

[@tjkoker]

Hi Phillip, Do you use two stepper motors on the Y-axis. If not, do you have any distortion or canting across the main bar.

[@JJose-22]

how much will it cost to build one like this?

[@safetesabedinaj144]

Jim Jose pmumhajdar

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

Hi, theres a special screen for mach3 which is calles plasma screen. Try to get this version of mach3 there are already a lot plasma functions integrated. The touch probe is working by an macro. I am not yet using THC so I don´t need any analog signal. Regards

[@anlpereira]

Loved this machine, are you using rack or belt to drive Y and X axis? Can yoy share the plans? Thank you

[@watahyahknow]

the torch is sticking out quite a bit out the front of the table and misses quite a bit at the back maibe its and idea to mount the torch and holder 180 degrees rotated so ist under the gantry and loop the lead around the gantry too , you should have a more usefull reach on the setup

[@karimansari11]

Sir pls guide, how i made it without thc?

[@litzy343]

what is the cost ?

[@Backenfutter85]

Eine sehr schöne Maschine hast du da gebaut. Ist das ein Rittal-Schaltschrank aus Kunststoff wo die Beast drinne sitzt? Ich nehme an die Kabel sind alle geschirmt? Ich frage nur weil ein Kumpel derzeit Probleme hat seinen Plasmaschneider in Gang zu setzen ohne das der ganze PC und abstürzt und die Beast auf Fehler geht. BTW: Gute Idee für das "Wasser"bad einfach Kühlerflüssigkeit zu verwenden. Ist ja schließlich nicht korrosiv.

[@Ultrasteve1969]

that cnc is really quick

[@toasttoriginal]

Man You are genius! Great machine!

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

You don´t need THC if you are only cutting thick sheet metal which is perfectly plane. If it´s not you need THC for better cutting surface.

[@boatingman11]

I am jealous. I want this this. Great work.

[@catajianu]

What kind of THC did you use ? Nice good looking hobby machine !

[@Stubytube]

hello friend, very good you machine, one question what type of motors using sorry my ingles is bad

[@tobiasgoldbacher8289]

Super Arbeit, kann ich die Baupläne für die Anlage bekommen? Ich will mir auch so einen Cutter bauen

[@diegoleitemendes9932]

Your machine is incredible! I am starting a CNC project and i don't know how begin. Can You help me? Can You send me some informations about Your Project? Motor specification an software that i could use for it? Thanks

[@serhioromano]

I am building CNC too and I wanted to install laser sight like yours. But I cannot find it. Actually I do not know even what to enter into google search. What is a therm for that? May be you can give a hint where to buy such a thing?

[@DieselRamcharger]

Sergey Romanov its a laser sight, like for a firearm.also called red dot. www.amazon.com/Vokul®-Tactical-Laser-Pistol-Picatinny/dp/B00X356WZQ/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1432250098&sr=8-4&keywords=laser+sight+cross+hairs

[@JtagSheep]

Sergey Romanov It is a cnc cross-hair laser module you can use a normal laser pointer though like a dot if you just run a test with the cnc and use the test ti align the laser dot or cross.

[@DieselRamcharger]

***** if you want to get froggy, its called a laser diode module. they aren't for cnc machines and they aren't cross hairs. they project a line, he used two of them to intersect. jameco electronics and others sell the basic module for about 10 bucks, or you can just buy one for a firearm for the same price and it will come with the lenses already

[@JtagSheep]

If I want to get froggy ? I wasnt trying to get froggy with anyone but I suspect firearm lasers are a little more expensive ?

[@DieselRamcharger]

***** Cheaper actually. Many more lasers are boxed marketed and sold for "firearm" use than for "industrial" use. Quality is of course all over the place. As with any chinese product.

[@58rednaxelA]

Hallo, eine sehr schöne Maschine die ihren Job wohl sehr gut erledigt :-). Können sie noch ein paar Daten bezüglich ihrer Hardware angeben. Ist die TripleBeast direkt am Parallelport oder haben sie ein Interface dazwischen? Welche Motoren wurden verbaut und welchen weg legen die Achsen pro Umdrehung zurück? möchte mir eine ähnlich schnelle Maschine Bauen.

[@dumyyyyyy]

Very very nice! Congratulations!

[@joefriday1982]

how do you handle the fluid? get the slag out via filtering and reuse the fluid or? dump it to the sewer?? haha.

[@dangduttki6731]

how to turn on /off the plasma?i want to convert my diy cnc router to plasma without THC.THANKS

[@ferapf]

hello friend this is simply liquid used is water or a special liquid to help in cutting thank you

[@leporiseba89]

Nice! Why z goes down and up before vector cut?

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

This video is about Plasma cutting. Please stay with the commentaries on the subject Thank you all.

[@shadowblack1987]

He wasn't being an ass, he just lacks proper social skills on the internet. Great guy face to face though :)

[@ps50k0]

@EDOsVIDEOstudio Thx for the answer, I really like you design, I can see you thought things well trough. Few more questions if you don't mind. What size is the alu profile for the gantry? 45x45mm? What size is the round bar linear bearing? 20mm? What size is the linear bearing on the gantry? Do you use this machine professionally? Btw nice lathe in background. Do you also have a mill?

[@EDOsVIDEOstudio]

Ja die Zahnriemenscheiben sind schwimmend auf der Motorwelle gelagert. Linearführungen sind unterschiedliche Kugelumlaufführungen von diversen herstellern.

[@questionabletopic9652]

i also have a hypertherm plasma cutter and i also want to make a cnc table for it. i see that you are using the hand torch as the cutter here. so i am wondering if you had to make any modifacations to the cutter itself to get it to work without having to buy the machine torch? thx

[@CapitanPR]

Very nice, how much power does it consume for this material? Would this cutter head be applicable for cutting Fiber Cement Boards up to 3/4 or even 1", The material is able to be cut like wood but really is very abrasive and if cut this way (ie, router) creates huge amounts of dust, Your experienced opinion is valued

[@9Strychnine]

Plasma cuts just about anything metallic/conductive, I have made fabrics conductive by soaking in a conductive medium for cutting but the results are never as good as other means. Also, rocks will explode when heated that rapidly, if there are tiny tiny stones in the cement, you run the risk of micro bursts, that's not counting how or how not flammable the fiber is. Good luck. Maybe try a dust collection system or something like a wet tile saw?

[@elzzon]

For cement board (and also stone), you would be better off using a water jet system rather than plasma. Plasma is amazing for ferrous metals but I would not try to use them on materials that don't melt.

[@gilmaroliveiradosantos1271]

Great work, congratulations! how did you solve the problem of plasmas interference with electronics and computer?

[@pussiestroker]

"It runs 35m/min, okay we don't need that much speed for plasma cutting" What measure is 35m/min?

[@milano007100]

pussiestroker 35meter a minute

[@gemhunter616]

Crazy speed for plasma cutters xD

[@IslamYahia2011]

did u used one linear guid bearing on the x-axis and one on the y-axis? what is the material of water table that be used?

[@rivtoolfan]

2 ?'s 1: what was your total investment 2: can you use a wood router with this set up ?