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Newbie in the Pacific Northwest

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Hey All, it's me, your latest FNG!

I wanted to stop in and say hey, my name is Julian. I'm in Washington state, and I am currently running a Langmuir Crossfire Pro table with a PrimeWeld Cut60.

I have been slowly dipping my toes in as we welcomed our first child a little over a year ago (ironically about the same time my table showed up)

Now that she's growing up a bit, I feel less guilty escaping to the shop to burn metal. If I'm being honest, I'm hoping I can quit my day job with the help of my table (and a few other side businesses I operate) to spend more time with my family. I know, laughable right, a small business owner having more free time? Well, that's the goal at least!

Anyways, I wanted to just say I've been lurking around for a couple of hours and I GREATLY appreciate what I am seeing. I can't wait to become more familiarized with these forums, and my table.

I THINK I attached some photos of a few items I have done, can't wait to do more!
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Welcome aboard Julian, the group is growing with other Langmuir Crossfire Pro owners too. I would say yo have a great start with what you have done. Nice to hear you have a plan for the future, many just wander around with the old "What do I do now" work at things they hate, come home a kick the dog. :HaHa :HaHa Lots of neat projects listed here you can use the search function in the upper right to look around.
Watch out children seen to come along with more than one per family :Yay .
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Nice work on your projects!
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Welcome! Love your project pics and love your plan for moving ahead. Best of luck moving forward, looks like your off to a great start!
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Thank you everyone, I really appreciate the words of encouragement!
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That is nice work. Are you spray painting or powder coating the metal?

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Joe,
Currently spray painting. Desperately working towards a powder coating setup though 🤣
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Amazon is slowly delivering the components for my first P.C. oven. I want to make it a bit different than most. The controller, the heating elements, the fans and the door gasket have arrived. I still need the lights and the steel studs and the insulation.

I want to make the walls 6" think, rather than 4" thick. I have not yet found 6" steel studs locally. I will check Nashville and Louisville today.

Then there is the spray booth that needs to be built. This is going to take all summer, I believe.

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You could use 4" studs and stagger them. This would help prevent the heat from traveling through the studs to the outside. They do this in apartment buildings for noise.
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djreiswig wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 1:27 pm You could use 4" studs and stagger them. This would help prevent the heat from traveling through the studs to the outside. They do this in apartment buildings for noise.
You know ... I had not thought about that! Hmmm .... But the base and top need to be 6" wide for staggered studs. I hate the size limitation for the electric ovens.

The controller I bought seems to be the default unit, the "standard." Apparently it is limited to 12,000 Watts of power, divided among four elements.

I have to wonder ... if I used the controller ONLY to trip relays, and the burners were connected to the AC power via the relays, could I double up on the burners and still have it function the same way? It would pull 100 AMPS to the elements instead of 50 AMPS, but other than that, why should it make any difference to the controller? It says the controller has a 12,000 watt power capacity, but that assumes the burners are POWERED by the controller. Aren't these controller relays a simple ON/OFF relay? They don't control the amount of power sent TO the elements, do they?

Attacking this from another angle, why couldn't I install TWO controllers, each controlling four elements in an 8-element oven? Since they turn ON and OFF based on temperature alone, wouldn't they be able to work independently, but contained in the same larger oven?

Maybe you guys who know about this %$^& can answer that question...

I am off to search for 6" studs ... in the South! :Sad

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Joe Jones wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 1:47 pm
djreiswig wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 1:27 pm You could use 4" studs and stagger them. This would help prevent the heat from traveling through the studs to the outside. They do this in apartment buildings for noise.
You know ... I had not thought about that! Hmmm .... But the base and top need to be 6" wide for staggered studs. I hate the size limitation for the electric ovens.
Cut the edge off of 2 and slide them together and screw or rivet them.
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djreiswig wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:44 pm

Cut the edge off of 2 and slide them together and screw or rivet them.
Great idea!
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djreiswig wrote: Mon Feb 28, 2022 7:44 pm
Cut the edge off of 2 and slide them together and screw or rivet them.
That is WAY too much work! I'll find or MAKE the studs before I go to that much trouble. I could take strips of 16 ga steel that are 9" wide and bend them into a Z with 1.5" flanges to accomplish the studs and that would be far easier than cutting and riveting them.

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Plasma cutter would make quick work of it. You just need a few for the plates. Or bend some out of sheet if you have the capability.
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Oh, what I would do for a ten foot brake!

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Julian,
Very nice work. I am looking at getting the same exact set up you have. Do you have any issues with the cut60? Where do you buy consumables from? How was the hook up to the table with it?

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Hi Julian
I am also a newbie in Washington State. I ordered a crossfire pro just last week. I've done tons of research for over a year before ordering this machine. I've also been learning Cad and Cam software. YouTube is a great learning tool. Glad I found this site. Looking forward to sharing experiences with everyone!

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Quicklap wrote: Thu Apr 21, 2022 11:03 pm Hi Julian
I am also a newbie in Washington State. I ordered a crossfire pro just last week. I've done tons of research for over a year before ordering this machine. I've also been learning Cad and Cam software. YouTube is a great learning tool. Glad I found this site. Looking forward to sharing experiences with everyone!

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Mike - those Langmuir tables are really great! I assume you are learning Fusion 360, and Langmuir has some great Fusion 360 tutorials.

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Another set of Fusion 360 tutorials which I found particularly instructive are those by Arnold Rowntree.



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Thanks David I'll definitely check it out
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Quicklap wrote: Fri Apr 22, 2022 6:58 am Thanks David I'll definitely check it out
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I bought the $39.00 package. now I just have to find the TIME to take advantage of the training....

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