The air compressor is 60 gallon
That is the curse of this hobby. Once you get past it, it is not so intimidating. If you are using Fusion 360 Eric & I use that for CAMing. David (DS690) and Phillip both use SheetCAM.
If you share your file with any of us, we will show you how we would CAM it to make the gcode. If need be ask us to promise not to use the file ourselves and we will. You will learn that as you get more successful with this that it is fairly easy to reproduce things without someone’s file if we see a picture or photo. If you share the file with us then we can more quickly show you how we would work with it to get it to the table. I don’t know if Eric (72Pony) has time, he is building a house. Phillip is always working or helping someone. I am retired. You can send any of us a private message if you want to share it that way.
To share privately tap on the avatar and then pick [message].
That nozzle/tip looks bad. When they start to lose their shape/size from the original then they are not doing you any favors.
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Sarah,
I’m very new to this as well. I’ve already been exactly where you are. Trust me, you will find a way through this. When you are hitting the peak of frustration, take a break. Get on this forum and start writing down bullet points about what is going on. Half the time when I do that, I get an idea of what is wrong before I ever post. But that didn’t start happening until I was several months into this. Eventually, you will know enough to learn the next level of this stuff. And there is always another level to learn.
You got this!
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That’s the volume of the tank. What is the compressor rated at producing compressed air at? Usually says something like “12 CFM @ 100psi”.
Can you send us pictures of the air filtration and drying system you’re using before it gets to the plasma cutter? These things need STUPIDLY dry air to maintain functionality.
I also use fusion360 for programming my GCode (CAM), but I CAD on Solidworks (I export to an STL and then import in Fusion to create my CAM).
On the air compressor thing, @holla2040 had a good point in a different thread. When the compressor comes on, pause your cut until the compressor shuts off.
Our compressor turns on around 110psi and ramps back up to 125. My Cut45 regulator is set to 75psi I think. In our case, our compressor can easily stay ahead of the torch because we have a large one.
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I think it’s 10 CFM at 90 PSI is that sufficient?
When I get my new consumable in the mail I will message you with the design I’m trying to process and I’ll send a picture of what the fusion usually says which is linking constraint issue
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Yea, should be adequate
I had the same issue are you using a hand torch or a machine torch. Everytime i would start cutting the same thing happened to me with a hand torch because the part that holds the consumables would get loose. I switched to a hand torch and it solved that issue.
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@sarahkralik I havent seen anyone mention your air cleaning and drying setup. I had similar torch problems and it turned out my air was dirty and wet. I ended up getting this Amazon.com that cleared up that problem. Make sure to drain the water out of your air tank before the cut and after each refill that it does during the cut.
The feeds and speeds for the machine are a PITA. I use this Fusion360 Tools Library for 45Amp cutters | FireShare | Langmuir Systems as a good starting point. ThE spreadsheets that I have looked at are a mess. Make sure you have a good ground and your cuts should be good.
For cam work, inkscape is perfectly fine and good for creating the drawing, unless you are trying to design something that is going to be bent. Use fusion 360 and the sheetmetal designer for bent designs. There are loads of sheetmetal tutorials on youtube. Spicer designs has some fun/funny tutorial videos, but nothing in depth. I also see that Clough42 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D_BZ7toLabQ0&ved=2ahUKEwj-uq7HmYKMAxVtl4kEHe-0AMcQwqsBegQIERAF&usg=AOvVaw1-sdShQTZoLzSdXh9Q8klA has some crossfire stuff. He is very indepth usually. Learning fusion is all about sketches and parameters. Learn those and everything else gets pretty easy.
Hope some of that helps
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