[sudo-discuss] air compressor and plasma cutter

[Jake]

OK, I ordered the check valve for the air compressor.  If you are sad that 
you missed an opportunity to donate something awesome to sudoroom, you can 
go here and give us money to stay alive:

https://sudoroom.org/donate/

also, the plasma cutter will need "consumables" meaning the little copper 
things that go in the handle.  It is a Hypertherm Powermax 900 and we can 
get 35A pieces instead of 55A pieces, primarily the inner and outer 
electrodes:

http://www.hypermaxonline.com/assets/images/pdfs/powermax900.pdf

we will have to look at the one we have to determine which bits to buy 
(i'm not at sudoroom right now) but in the meantime it's working well 
enough to cut a few things once the air compressor is working and we make 
a temporary watertable on the floor...

anyone have a 2'x4' shallow water-containing thing?

-jake

On Fri, 22 Apr 2016, Jake wrote:

> sudoroom has a nice air compressor.
>
> some pictures here:
> http://imgur.com/gallery/QBOG4
>
> here is the manual:
> http://www.chpower.com/IMAGES/pdfs/manual00/611301_0504.pdf
>
> I am presently trying to figure out why it leaks air from a valve whose 
> purpose I don't understand.  In the meantime it is working now.
>
> My friend is offering to lend us a plasma cutter, which is like a welder but 
> cuts metal instead of welding it together.  It uses electricity and 
> compressed air, and when we attach the business end to the robot, we will be 
> able to cut precise shapes out of steel of significant thickness, making the 
> laser cutter very jealous.
>
> can someone print out the air compressor manual (PDF link above) and perhaps 
> put it in a binder so it doesn't get grimy?  We can attach it to the 
> compressor somehow.
>
> -jake
>