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anyone around the area have one? Torchmate is giving 25% off on tables right now. Got me thinking, does anyone local have a table? I would love to utilize one in building my buggy, i don't need it for everything, but it would be really handy to have one available for really going balls out. If there isn't one, is there a market for it? I mean would anyone here pay to drop off cardboard/computer file, and get back steel? I know i would but not sure about everyone else out here, or if someone might already be doing that or something like it.

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We have one up at Everett Community college, its an older one but i am very pleased with how things turn out on it! Close enough tolerences to easily do weld on beadlocks and such. If i had the cash and the space i would love to have one of my own very handy for making custom parts and such.
 
good one. The possibilities are literally endless. I don't want to buy any generic tabs, i have a bunch of one off peices to cut out on the band saw. It is going to get real old real quick got em in carboard though. I also need to buy some steel tomorrow to make them out of. I was just thinking how nice it would be to have a table. And always looking for another way to make a buck. :beer:
 
I have access to one at my dad's work, but have never bothered to use it. The only thing I can see it coming in handy for is cranking out multiples. For most everything else, it's just faster and easier (for me) to use the portable plasma.
 
yeah a regular plasma would be better than a bandsaw, but multiples is where the table excells, you are definately right.
 
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theres a place in Preston that has one... and Eastside Trucks has a water jet machine.............
 
I would love to have one, do you think the Torchmate series 1 would work good enough for beadlocks? what is the limit of the cheaper machines? speed? accuracy? detail? cleanup? if the series one won't cut it. how much do you really need to spend to get a quality setup that can produce consitency?

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ClarkW said:
it's actually even cheaper...
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:mad: At that price it'd be a crime not to.


Edit* Nevermind, I just read you have to supply the table materials.


If you're just doing beadlocks and misc tabs, why not just make yourself a table with a couple sets of rails and rollers, and make jigs to "trace" onto the steel? Or hook up some cable and pulleys and make it like an etcha-sketch. :redneck:

For beadlocks it'd be nice, but you'd have to crank out quite a few sets to make it worthwhile. As for tabs and brackets, I'd say most just make their own OR order them online so as not to cut into their webwheeling time. :awesomework:
 
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Yes, we have a Torchmate II 4'x8' Table with a Hypertherm Powermax 1250 at the shop. We use it almost daily for shop projects as well as outsourcing for anything else. We actually do a lot of cutting of misc. things for people, some from previous parts, some from patterns. If you are good at drafting/drawing you can do things quickly and be cost effective. I have done cad work for 12+ years and can draw extremely fast, so I can draw and cut parts quick enough to not put people in sticker shock. It is usually faster and cleaner and less overall work for me to draw a part and cut it on the table than it is to do it be hand, even for one off's. I currently have over 150 parts on file that we use a lot of and can cut out at any given time.
They definitely change the way to build and design things, but have a pretty good learning curve to get them correct and running right. The other things to look at beyond the table is cost of the machine, building the table (ours was a bolt together version, but still have $500 worth of consumable slats) a lot of ventilation for when it is cutting, computer, machine torch, or hand torch, etc.
 
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Yes, we have a Torchmate II 4'x8' Table with a Hypertherm Powermax 1250 at the shop. We use it almost daily for shop projects as well as outsourcing for anything else. We actually do a lot of cutting of misc. things for people, some from previous parts, some from patterns. If you are good at drafting/drawing you can do things quickly and be cost effective. I have done cad work for 12+ years and can draw extremely fast, so I can draw and cut parts quick enough to not put people in sticker shock. It is usually faster and cleaner and less overall work for me to draw a part and cut it on the table than it is to do it be hand, even for one off's. I currently have over 150 parts on file that we use a lot of and can cut out at any given time.
They definitely change the way to build and design things, but have a pretty good learning curve to get them correct and running right. The other things to look at beyond the table is cost of the machine, building the table (ours was a bolt together version, but still have $500 worth of consumable slats) a lot of ventilation for when it is cutting, computer, machine torch, or hand torch, etc.
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x2 The Torchmate tables are very nice units. I haven't used one personally but I have used the final product and they turn out very nice cuts. If you do lots of frabrication the tables will pay for themselves in no time.
 
do you have the z axis voltage height control for your table patrick? If not how does it cut without it?
 
Currently do not have torch height control, It is set up with the manual control and normal torch. I have been considering the machine torch and arc height control, and maybe a plate marker.
95% of the material we use is 1/8" thru 3/8" pno, so with correct speed and not having long runs really close together together it typically isn't a problem with height. On thinner than 1/8", or long narrow pieces close together you can adjust the torch height with the handle, not the best, but works until we do the height control.
 
pbmcauliffe said:
Currently do not have torch height control, It is set up with the manual control and normal torch. I have been considering the machine torch and arc height control, and maybe a plate marker.
95% of the material we use is 1/8" thru 3/8" pno, so with correct speed and not having long runs really close together together it typically isn't a problem with height. On thinner than 1/8", or long narrow pieces close together you can adjust the torch height with the handle, not the best, but works until we do the height control.
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All my suspension brackets in the rear of my tacoma are from Pat.Its just so much easier to call pat and tell him what i want and drive up and get them than build them myself. Just bought some more to redo the rear of jps sami when we put the tg housing in it.:awesomework:
 
There is a Lazer in redmond and the guy who runs it is a member on this website. PM me for more info. Im sure one way or another they are looking for work. If precision is a MUST the lazer is great. I got some parts made with a slot that is within .003 the full run of 9" for the slot. 9/16 wide and strait as an arrow. 8 parts that are PERFECT with zero cleanup/prep time.
 
over on CNCzone.com or whatever people are dogging on the torchmate tables hard. Are they only pumped up in rock crawling industry due to sponsorship? seems to be a lot of unhappy people with TM 1,2,or3. It seems people like the dynatorch and plasmacam a lot, any one have experience with those 2 manufacturers? War Jeeper, what tables did you or do you use at school? what can you say about them?
 

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