Plate Marker

[BLKBOB]

Bill,

Are you going to be able to get a plate marker hooked up to the 2x2 and a video or am I going to be the guinea pig lol. Thanks Bill you are great at responding and I want to personally thank you for starting this forum dedicated to Torchmate.

Gord

[Torchmate]

Originally Posted by BLKBOB

Bill,

Are you going to be able to get a plate marker hooked up to the 2x2 and a video or am I going to be the guinea pig lol. Thanks Bill you are great at responding and I want to personally thank you for starting this forum dedicated to Torchmate.

Gord

I don't know Gord. You may well be the guinea pig. I don't think that there is any question that it will work. We have two different versions of the plate marker. A long one for our Torchmate 3's and XS2's. Then a short one for the Torchmate 2. I don't even know which will fit on this yet. It is going to have to wait for a bit though.

Thanks for the kind words. I do think that this forum is going to help everyone through the learning curve. A lot of guys on this board work through the night and on weekends. We are only open weekdays, so this should allow information to flow 24/7/365. I am happy to do it!

Bill

[BLKBOB]

When will you know which one will work because I was planning on having this ship with my table when you give me the weeks heads up which should be coming soon. I am really excited for this and hope you can look into this for me.

Gord

[BLKBOB]

Anyone else toying with the idea of the plate marker?

G

[PAToyota]

From seeing Dallas' videos and having a couple of his pieces sitting next to my desk here, it is definitely something I'd like down the road. The $2K price tag is a sticking point, though. Have to get the 2x2 table to earn me some money before I can invest more!

[BLKBOB]

Bill,

You talk of a inline lubricator for the plate marker attachment do you have one that you can recommend or any to stay away from. Just trying to get a few things set up before my table comes in soon.

Gord

[Torchmate]

I don't recall talk of an inline lubricator. Water separators are all we recommend I think, unless you heard different from one of the tech guys.

[BLKBOB]

Bill,

This is right from the Torchmate website.

Specifications

Electrical: Dual 120 volt solenoids for activation of pen and actuator (wired for simultaneous activation, can be modified by user for independent activation if desired)

Air: Connector: ¼”OD quick connect tubing
Pressure: 90 PSI clean dry air
Regulator: 30 PSI for pneumatic actuator (recommended setting 15-20psi)

Pen: BPM: 0-13500
Working Pressure: 90PSI (6.2 BAR)
dBA (with no plate contact) 82+/-2 dBA
dBA (with plate contact) ~ 100-120 dBA
Lubrication: In line lubricator is recommended (make sure to ONLY lubricate the plate marker and no other equipment)
Gord

[Torchmate]

Originally Posted by BLKBOB

Bill,

This is right from the Torchmate website.

Specifications

Electrical: Dual 120 volt solenoids for activation of pen and actuator (wired for simultaneous activation, can be modified by user for independent activation if desired)

Air: Connector: ¼”OD quick connect tubing
Pressure: 90 PSI clean dry air
Regulator: 30 PSI for pneumatic actuator (recommended setting 15-20psi)

Pen: BPM: 0-13500
Working Pressure: 90PSI (6.2 BAR)
dBA (with no plate contact) 82+/-2 dBA
dBA (with plate contact) ~ 100-120 dBA
Lubrication: In line lubricator is recommended (make sure to ONLY lubricate the plate marker and no other equipment)
Gord

You are right. Give tech a call on Monday to ask them about it. I can tell you that we don't use one in the shop even though it "is recommended" as far as I know.

[BLKBOB]

Thanks Bill I will speak with tech on Monday.

G

[Rock Spyder 4X4]

BLKBOB. Where are you in ottawa. jim

[BLKBOB]

Bill I'm in the field all day and won't have time to call tech regarding the inline lubricator the website talks about for the the plate marker. Any way you could look into this and let me know.

Gord

[HardcorewannabeXJ]

Gord,

We run all of our current setups without any in line lubrication. Because there is a single air feed to the Plate Marker that goes to both the Pen and the Ram, we don't need to lubricate the ram itself. The Plate Marker works fine without it, only requiring a cleaning/lubrication after many many hours of use.

[MQYJ]

I've run the hell out of mine with no lubrication either. I would be more concerned with the oil flowing through the solenoids than the marker running with no lube. I also think it would be a pain to try to run any type of inline lube system post solenoid.

[BLKBOB]

Awesome guys. I wasn't sure after reading the torchmate website. Thanks again.

Gord

[bearman63825]

i had no idea what a plate marker was until i seen the pics and some videos of what it is and what it can do. i would be very interested in one for the 2x2 i have on order a little later on.