Can We Get our $1000 CNC Plasma Table To Work?
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- čas přidán 29. 08. 2024
- Today we work on sorting out our latest purchase for the shop. A new(to me) CNC Plasma Table!
Recently we found what I think was a great deal on a Langmuir Crossfire Pro CNC Plasma Table, it was listed on Facebook Marketplace for just $1500. But better than that we we able to score it for $1000. It looked the part of a $1000 plasma table, so today we disassemble, clean, refinish and get this thing hopefully working like new.
This will be a tremendous help in our custom aluminum dashboard build on the LS3 swapped Land Rover Defender.
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Oh the sarcasm is strong with this one! I like it. LOL 😂 Good job on the restoration, subscribed.
Some slight sarcasm in my life here and there. Haha. Appreciate you following along in the fun!
The Thousand Dollar Jello! Great job restoring it looks nearly new😀
Yes, feel super lucky on catching this right as it was listed! It will get put to some good use, may even keep it a tad cleaner than the previous owner too haha.
Excited to see you get this thing running. Interesting that you mentioned Bulltear. One of the guys running it was/is an AMC enthusiast and had a side business of cranking out unique components for those motors. Which, if you own an AMC, especially a Jeep SJ, you are well versed in the factory's choice of materials to wrap their wire splices. Duct tape. Yes. Duct tape. Factory..... Apparently, blue masking tape wasn't available then.
Yes, that is the guy. We actually had our table custom spec’d and we went up and spent a day with Matt getting trained and checking out the machine shop. He was a pretty neat guy and it was a fun day up there.
That’s funny with the duct tape, I guess it is acceptable then haha.
Holy crap that’s like new man, nice work 🤘🏻
Appreciate that! It really did have a nice turn around.
You scored with that buy.
I 100% agree. It is usually just timing on things like that. And the guy was a real stand up gentleman and didn’t sell it to someone else after striking a deal and giving me time to make the 3.5 hour trip.
Wow that’s f-ing amazing, turning what initially looked like a piece of junk into an awesome new addition to the workshop. Absolutely love the repair and reuse mindset, which is not always easy to achieve, anyone can go the easy route and buy new, so well done Joe another fantastic job. Looking forward to seeing your new toy in action, making the panels for the new dashboard for the LS Defender plus a few Aldi cart key rings to sell outside the store on your next shopping trip LOL😂 👍😎
It would be better than a lemonade stand haha. But yes the dash was the main push to grab this thing. So that build will commence very soon!
@@LostCauseRanch Looking forward to see what you manage to produce with your new toy 😎👍
You are a man of many talents.
I bet it's nice working with the LR Barn all insulated. 😊
It has been great, even with our mild winter so far. Thanks as always!
Absolutely excellent
It will be such a fun thing to have around here!
Nice buy, I’ve been looking for one for my shop,I have a MR1 by them and I love it.
Has the MR1 been pretty nice? I’ve been toying a Tormach down the road but it might be nice to keep everything in the same ecosystem especially with the new press brake coming out.
@@LostCauseRanch it my first CNC machine works great for my needs aluminum/some steel. Tormach out of my price range and wouldn’t get enough use to justify the expense. I’m just working on things for myself.
Nice find and restoration! Suggest you “ground” to your workpiece directly so you can get the best cut quality and to prevent misfires as the slats don’t always conduct reliably.
I'll see how happy it ends up being. On the last two plasmas we had with bolted the ground directly to the table and never had an issue with it not being able to ground correctly through the slats. But you never know as those were much heavier duty tables so I will definitely keep an eye on it, thanks for the heads up!
Nice work buying stuff and fixing it;-) In the event you have revenue planned in the future, I have a ‘11 RRSC that needs chains and guides…
Where about are you located. I have plenty on the plate for the moment but you never know what might open up in the future.
54974 Rosendale WI. I’ve driven through Dubuque countless times in the past. I used to live in DeWitt.
No rush. I recently decided not to drive it because I can now hear the chain rubbing on the cover. No running issues or faults unbelievably but no I have no desire to chooch the engine. I can drag it there if you want more yard art😂
Yep, I've used YT to replace TV for me too :)
It just seems like there is so much more that is worthwhile to watch vs. regular tv. I enjoy the genuineness of most of the people I watch.
@@LostCauseRanch TV nowadays rarely entertains or educates me.....whereas I get both from YT. I learn so many tips, tricks and techniques from watching makers, fixers and engineers like yourself. I don't even remember how/when I first came across you (probably LR algorithm suggestion) but so glad I did. I like your genuine honesty, tenacity, drive and self deprecation.
Same....
Well done bringing it back to life 😊
Thanks! It was a rewarding one for sure, can never have enough neat tools.
Nice!
It will be some fun to play with. Missed having one.
Well there you go, Now I do agree on getting a deal and saving some cash with just some time invested. Try to do it when ever I can. Just make me a set of transmission lines to the D2 trans cooler that don't leak or break 😪
We could probably come up with some sort of transmission line solution.
But yes, a few thousand dollar saving is always welcome, my time is cheap haha.
@@LostCauseRanch yeah need a way to do that quick connector and some other hose to tranny
Dude ive been eyeballing one of these for a long time. Got funds set aside but no space till I spend a week clearing the shop haha
Does the water table bolt down or just sit there?
I actually built my little space under the mezzanine around one of these, so super happy to have one pop up for a decent deal. But I can let you know how it is to use, curious how it compares to the plasmacam as they are kind of in a similar range. It won’t be as good as our bulltear was but I won’t be running near the amount of steel through it. We would cut a pile of 3/4 and 1” with that one.
I just have the water table sitting there. If it ends up moving with the vibrations I’ll make some clamps up for it underneath. The factory Langmuir water table uses self tapping screws through the bottom.
@@LostCauseRanch i’d love to get a full-size table or even the crossfire pro but in reality I only have space for the 2 x 2 lol unless I get rid of some serious amount of stuff
It looks like new dude !!! why dont you put it on top off the roof off your workspace that you made inside ?
That would be a good space to keep it out of the way from everything. But up there is eventually going to be a bathroom and office when I get some spare time to build it out.