As I don’t have a machine torch yet…. Is there any way you can see to get that mount attached up on the barrel where it should be? Seems like with Langmuir’s mount you are pretty much stuck clamping to the torch body where the moving parts are?
Just curious if I need to plan on some other modifications before I get the machine torch? I have seen a couple threads where it has been suggested that mounting to the torch body is a no no.
What have others been doing to mount the torch at the barrel?
You could probably use the clamp mount from the original torch mount and just screw that to the lower machine torch mount instead of the body mounts in both positions. It might make your torch sit off center a few degrees though. I don’t think it moves fast enough to cause a problem holding it by the body but I’m pretty new to this and have no experience to base that off of.
I think it definitely needs the two points of support.
My question was whether you thought you have the room to make it work clamping it up higher on the barrel with the setup you are using. …or if it was pretty much maxed out where you have it now?
It can go up as high as you want, it clears the stepper motor. I went as high as I could while staying within the lower clamp. I could have used two of the three upper clamp positions but they would have been pretty close together. To answer the question though I could definitely move it further up if necessary.
I really thought it was going to be a quick video, didn’t expect it to stretch to 20 minutes. I probably could have sped up more of the video but I was talking a lot in this one.
Congratulations on the new torch! Just last week I finished the same process: after having been on the email wait list forever, ordered the torch from PW for my Cut60(delivered 2 days later!); realized I had to order the machine mount (Doh!); put it together and made a few quick test cuts. Worked very good.
In my mounting kit there was an extra allen head screw for replacing the knob that no longer has clearance. Maybe they forgot to pack yours.
I have my motor oriented so the wires come out the back side.
I used some wire corrugated tubing to protect it. I let it hang down just because I’ve read on here about possible interference from the torch wire to the THC wiring. Probably a bit of overkill, but…
I made a background and painted up that first cut from the machine torch installation video. Looking at it now I realize there is an error in the pattern, the bottom red stripe is split in two for some reason. I’m going to redo the file in Fusion and get rid of the split so the next one I cut will be right. Even with the bad cut it still turned out pretty decent.
