The true purpose of one of these machines and why you need one

CrossFire ® PRO
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so my buddy texted me at 5am “call me when you get up” okay I called him and apparently his wife, while Bush hogging broke the muffler of the tractor. Can I weld it back together for him?
"Sure, drop it off"oh…and he needs to rake hay today, so he can bail it before it rains.
This is what I get :rofl: I told his wife this can’t be fixed.

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Buy a new one, I said…

well then she can’t get raking done, which means no 4th on the lake :sleepy:

The hell with that 'Murica beotches. :us:

So,

  1. I went into programming room
  2. opened Mastercam
  3. draw 2 quick circles
  4. converter to dxf
  5. load into sheetcam
  6. make two operations
  7. create g code
  8. load on thumb drive
  9. heat coffee 30 seconds
    10)go to :goat: shed
  10. load into firecontrol
  11. load metal and hit go
    https://youtu.be/mo1sBPGyOC0

I literally had a complete part in less than 5 minutes (already had compressors running and charged) from design to finished, coffee and travel included

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Cut off old booger

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And welded it up

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To make that simple part would of taken hours and visits to stores for hole saws etc…

THIS IS WHY YOU NEED ONE OF THESE SYSTEMS IN YOUR SHOP…:beers:

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I totally agree ! Thats why I have 2 of them boogers. Made tons or artsy stuffs. And a few useful things also.

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I just want one, always did… since I can’t afford a waterjet!:grinning:

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Nice, but I believe you have your directions backwards when cutting.

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Kool, I will check into that, this was a cheap freebie…great info I will check, could explain some dimensional issues! Actually had 90* kerf on this (visual check) :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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thats amazing!

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@GunTruck1776 Looks awesome! The CrossFire is still the most valuable tool in our shop. We use it constantly to make tooling around our shop.

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Spot on! While the majority of my use of a cnc plasma cutter is for “Art” for my wife to sell at craft shows and car shows I love the ability to make a cardboard template of a bracket scan it into my computer and in a few minutes be able to cut it out.

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that looks like a lathe job :rofl: