£150 CNC Plasma table build - Easy, Quick and cost effective

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Watch Joshua De lisle AWCB walk you through the creation process with his welded and hand forged works of Art and Luxury items.

In this episode we build a GRBL CNC plasma table for only £150 (not including the plasma machine or compressor), we look at the DIY build, how to operate CAM software, use the GRBL offline controller, a sneeak peak at my new 81 generic flower template downbload and how optimise the machine for large production.

Chapter selection:
Intro - 0:00
Build overview - 01:35
Plasma cutting machine - 02:48
Torch bracket design- 04:02
plasma and relay wiring- 05:50
Table bed- 8:02
Work flow test- 10:19
THC alternative- 14:09
GRBL offline controller and G code- 17:19
Sheetcam software- 25:47
Nozel replacement- 34:18
Cutting holes in box section without CAD- 35:31
Large 2m x 1m table idea- 37:05
Gantry design close up and pricing- 38:10
Conclusion- 39:16

My plasma cutter is a PLASMARGON Air Plasma Cutter Plc 55Pro £235 is what I payed.

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Featured G code snippets (operates from 0,0 position) :
- Pierce:
G00 X 0 F 9000
M3 S 500
G01 F 9000
G04 P (type in pierce duration here)
M5

- Pierce + travel in X direction:
G00 X 0 F 9000
M3 S 500
G01 F 9000
G04 P 0.25
G01 X (type in length here) F (type in feed rate here)
M5

My Settings (will be updating as I gather more information):
@50Amps and 70psi
Feed rate:
1mm thick steel = F2850
3mm thick steel = F850
6mm thick steel = F425
Pierce dwell is generally P 0.25

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[joshuadelisle]

Click bait? So when I got quoted for a 20k table the plasma and compressor wasn't included. Its very dependent on your needs on which plasma and compressor to get. It's still a plasma CNC as it's modified to do so. However I only payed £235 for my plasma and my compressor was only £100. So still a good deal in my opinion and I hope the contents of this video has value to you. I recommend Veritasiums video on click bait if you're not comfortable with my video. All the very best. Cheers J

[stephenwgreen]

Great to see this can be done by people with normal shop budget. Home manufacturing is really game changing. Thanks for the video

[HamiltonFord]

The format and content of your “DIY” videos is top-notch. You’ve inspired me to stop dreaming and build one of these for our Men’s Shed.

[alwayscensored]

Been 15+ years since I have done any of this stuff. Binge watching is bringing me up to date with current stuff which is so much easier and cheaper than it used to be.

[ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННАЯКОВКАТЕРЛЕЦКИЙСЕ]

I'm a blacksmith. I have been dreaming about a CNC plasma cutter for a long time. But the price is big for me . And now, for the first time, I regret that I don 't understand English well . Dude, you're cool! You broke the system !

[joetkeshub]

You're a genius Joshua! The most effective and affordable diy CNC plasma on youtube! Great pedagogy as well! Thank you so much. Incredible...

[C.A.]

Thanks for the help, everything works now, greetings from Bavaria



[chrisgenovese]

this is so rad! i cant believe how mobile it is. my jaw dropped when you picked it up. i'll save this video for when i have the space to use one of these. the PAPR i built from watching your video has been going strong and is really a blessing to have around! the quality and depth of your tutorials is top notch.

[TheAdambright]

Crikey, SO glad I found your channel…first the laser welder…now this.
Brilliant thank you!

[sedulousdabbler]

This is quite brilliant. I’ve been wanting one of these machines for years but could no way merit the cost. I know nothing about technology but you, as always, make it accessible even for a Luddite like me. I can’t thank you enough. Top man 👍

[robertharley]

Sir, i am just sitting here after watching your video twice, and am gob-smacked at the simplicity and ingenuity of how you put together a DIY masterpiece that anyone would love to have. Now I know the price will vary as to where you are and where you shop, but who cares! The money saved from not having to purchase commercially far outweighs the little white lie, (but isnt) that you used to get people to watch. Thank you so much and if you ever start a design page for your work, let us know.

Bob

[jamesdonnelly]

Just wow! Only two videos in, and you are now firmly my out and out YT fav, and I have 100 subs on various accounts. Was going to try to add a plasma to my mpcnc, but this is more appealing. I look forward to working through your material, outstanding stuff.

[mmazz]

New here…..Joshua, you are great at explaining things the easy way without rushing.
When I thought “what does that or why you did that….bang! You answer it.
I came, I saw, and I’ve subbed…..looking forward to bingeing on your videos.👍

[pyrofool]

Awesome build, I did something similar with my first cnc plasma. The thc will be a game changer if you install one, a water table also does a lot for material warping.

[johntenhave]

That was a most insightful and valuable post. Thank you. You demystified a great deal of the questions I had. Never mind the critics, what you did was perhaps not perfect, but anyone who has ever made anything knows nothing is perfect. Kudos to you!

[EastLondonKiwi]

Joshua this is an awsome project and a great path for a new cnc owner to take. Each version of the machine will teach you something different and give you more and more capability. What's also great about this approach is that you can have the older iterations of your CNC making parts for the new version. Some points to consider as to why more expensive machines exist. 1. the environment matters, cheap electronics are not meant to operate under extreme conditions (a plasma table or a CNC router or Milling machine are extreme conditions when talking about electronics). variables such as heat and dirt kill them, so you may get an amount of decent use our of a cheaply built machine, but eventually, you'll start to have to either repair or replace electronics which are dying. So commercial machines are built or meant to be built with minimal down time in mind. 2. A rigid machine is an arcuate machine. This matters more in a router because the spinning tool is trying to vibrate the machine to death. If you stick to simple shapes with good tolerances for error then a small cheap machine may be ok. But as soon as you move to complex parts or nested operations, having a machine loose its place by even a mm to 2 can be a big deal in a production run of hundreds of parts. That means you will not be able leave this machine alone to work on other things (which in a production shop is half the point of a CNC, increased operator capability), as you'll need to hover over the E Stop in case the torch heads off in a direction you were not expecting. 3. Power or torque. The more rigid your machine the heavier the parts like the gantry will be, so to run a heavier machine you need bigger motors. Bigger motors need more expensive motor drivers etc, etc etc. Basically you build a machine, understand its limitations, use that with in its capability, and when you grow beyond those, you'll build a bigger more capable machine that will cost you more money. Its a bit like owning Motorbikes, you have one and get the bug and that's it from there on out. You tell yourself and your wife the one you have it fine, knowing that little voice in the back of your brain is saying, "But if we had X we could do Y". Good luck and I am looking to Blacksmith build V2.

[woodywoodster]

Thanks Joshua. Top bloke in my opinion. Get’s stuff done without blowing a ton.

[danielreborn]

Inspired by this video I did build my own.Following upgrades are necessary to prevent gantry racking ( and risking part not being square):Second stepper motor on Y axis and 2nd home switch.I would also replace P80 torch with P60, with smallest nozzle diameter, as P80 affects speed and depth of cut .Chinese Cut55 plasma is simply to weak to use P80 torch.Also water tray is a must, to prevent warping and catch most of nasty fine dust.Worth to note: if You don't plan to cut anything less than 3 mm, THC and Z axis is waste of money.

[farscape]

so one of the best things about you building such a cost effective machine
is if you hammer it you dont have to worry,
you can replace the parts cheaply or upgrade them in the future to better parts,
its such a good idea
i love it
simon

[springwoodcottage]

Fabulous! So interesting how this technology is advancing & how you have adapted it to suit your needs. I am in very early days with a hand held torch, but this now gives me a potential upgrade path to something super useful which is so exciting & I just need to organise my time to accommodate it & still keep up with other jobs. Thanks for sharing!