Plasma Cutters

[Bird]

Ok
Mate has asked me to look into these things for a... project

This is to cut 6-8mm stuff.

What's good? Whats not good? What do I look for? What questions do I ask...

Help...

[RonnieQ]

Laser or Water Jet iscthe better option.
Cleaner cut and better accuracy.
Where are you located.

[Bird]

Laser or Water Jet iscthe better option.
Cleaner cut and better accuracy.
Where are you located.

Melb..

Looking thru Blackwoods site, they have very little info..

[Smoko]

Miller plasma cutters

Welding.com.au

And I do work for them




Smoko

[Bird]

Sweet

Lookin now.

[Brett B]

Stay away from the cheap ones
Can be hard to get consumables for them. Tips and nozzles
You will kill a few tips until you get the hang of it 

[Tim - Stratford]

...and don't wear thongs! 

[DarWen]

...and don't wear thongs! 
Footwear Or underwear?

[Tim - Stratford]

Depends on how much flow the compressor has!!!! 

[graham]

Got a cheap one myself to use in the shed to see if I would use one , great for sheet up to 3mm works great 5-6 mm would be at it's upper limits ,cut is not square ,
More than welcome to come around and have a crack , what are you going to use it for
Cheers

[Elky]

I bought a boc one $1k to cut cars up amongst cutting thick stuff as well, didn't really do well due to paint, rust etc

Haven't used it in over a year, not too impressed with it TBH

I bought a demo saw and with extra long blades I can cut a car in half easily and with less hazard, best tool i have bought in years!

[D4D]

I bought a demo saw and with extra long blades I can cut a car in half easily and with less hazard, best tool i have bought in years!

[achjimmy]

Owned  a CIG one for over ten years and never used it. Are they any good? Generally just revert to a jig saw or other blade device.

[JRABS]

Whatever type you end up going with make sure you have a good filter/watertrap on your compressor as they dont like dirty air.
We use Kemppi ones at work mainly but they can be fairly expensive.

[Bird]

I bought a boc one $1k to cut cars up amongst cutting thick stuff as well, didn't really do well due to paint, rust etc

Haven't used it in over a year, not too impressed with it TBH

I bought a demo saw and with extra long blades I can cut a car in half easily and with less hazard, best tool i have bought in years!

Road trip to your place to watch the demo!

[Elky]

Road trip to your place to watch the demo!

Only about 10min to actually cut it in half, more time is spent removing lines, trim etc