I am with a student engineering group and we are doing preliminary research on how we can make a CNC machine that will both cope tube ends with a plasma cutter and then mark out bend lines. Our current idea is to use a Hypertherm Powermax 45 to do the cutting, and then to replace the cutting consumables mid-cut with a diamond tipped engraver (the "easyscriber" in the following link: https://plasmaspider.com/shop/easyscriber.html).
We are currently still learning lots, so I apologize if this is a completely newbie question, but is this a procedure that SheetCam can help us program? The procedure we are envisioning would be:
- 1. Plasma cut the first tube end
2. pause, replace cutting head consumables with engraver (by hand)
3. Mark out bend lines with engraver
4. Pause, replace engraver with cutting head consumables (by hand)
5. Plasma cut second tube end