Carlos Macias
Member
I have an older model I believe its' the Torchmate 2 bolt together. Here's a few photos of the table. I'm the 3rd owner of this setup. So so far I'm pretty pleased with the results considering it's a downdraft table and pretty old by todays standards.
My question is in regard to the Auto Height setting on the coltrol box.. The previous owner never used the Auto setting he preferred to use it in manual mode.. however I'm thinking it might be beneficial to use to Auto feature as I'm am finding that as slag, drass builds up on my slats some material especially thinner 1/8 or 16ga can very in height.. due to the build up on the table slats.. The torch head can get awfully close and sometimes drags across the material or molten metal builds up on the tip of the nozzle. The majority of the stuff I'm cutting is at .06 or .07 height.. What are your experiences with Auto height control? I know this is not quite as effective as the new models with the Ohemic hight controls..
Secondary question: are you guys clamping your ground clamp direct to the material or on the table slates? As I know a good ground is very important for this type of height control.
Thanks
Carlos Macias
TAC1 FAB
My question is in regard to the Auto Height setting on the coltrol box.. The previous owner never used the Auto setting he preferred to use it in manual mode.. however I'm thinking it might be beneficial to use to Auto feature as I'm am finding that as slag, drass builds up on my slats some material especially thinner 1/8 or 16ga can very in height.. due to the build up on the table slats.. The torch head can get awfully close and sometimes drags across the material or molten metal builds up on the tip of the nozzle. The majority of the stuff I'm cutting is at .06 or .07 height.. What are your experiences with Auto height control? I know this is not quite as effective as the new models with the Ohemic hight controls..
Secondary question: are you guys clamping your ground clamp direct to the material or on the table slates? As I know a good ground is very important for this type of height control.
Thanks
Carlos Macias
TAC1 FAB