Video of the Plasma welder

Pretty cool set up that I worked on and I wanted to share.

A plasma welding project

Some impressive wiring by Fritz

Getting everything put together... and tested.

I really want to get some more drawing on the blog about this, because this project was my life for half a year.

This is fun

I don't know why i did this... but here it is.

Printed a plane for my friend Adam L

Added rubber bands to prevent backlash and it made a huge difference

Really cool prints

Added a new home for the SoukaBot

Spotwelding Robot

This is what the cell looks like now.  It's pretty much done, and waiting for our large production order from the customer.  Over to the right, is a really neat linear actuator system that I put together, and that I'm also very proud of.  I'll try to get get some video of this thing in action, because it's actually pretty cool.

Some Work Stuff

I decide to post some work stuff, because I think it's kind of interesting.

We started with old, old hand spotwelder from the 70'

Then Fritz (coworker) and I hooked up a Weldtron 108b controller up, provided by Spotweld Inc.

The Motoman controller is a Sk120 with the MRC controller, a very old, old controller.  But has everything you need, and nothing fancy.

We move the Robot in to place knowing this is where the welding supervisor wants it.

Knowing I need something to hold up the 250KVA transformer cabling I searched around the shop for a crane.  And just by luck I ran across this.

Using Soildworks I made adaptors and mounts for the End Effector

Using a prototype design for a fixture just to test and make changes for the future fixture.

 These are just some pictures of my coworker Fritz (when this picture was taken we were on our 19th hour of work) having a good time.

Owl

With this extended winter in Minnesota, I finished my rostock 3D printer.

I need a hand

Printing with some style

Size comparison

Printing with SoukaBot 2

Some adjustments with the linear bearing seems to do it for the Y axis.  It works great, but im sure I can keep playing with it to get better and better prints.

Printing With SoukaBot

I'm still having problems with the Y axis.  It seems to jump when it gets to a certain height.

Rostock project

I got really interested in the rostock after seeing it and I had to build one.  I'll update more on the blog as I learn more and when I get it moving.