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Looks like it works really well! Need to start saving my pennies for one. I don't do a lot of compressors, but it will come in handy for cutting down stainless and aluminum into manageable pieces and cutting the steel out of them.
Just ordered my plasma cutter cant wait to use it i was reading tho if you are using 110 to use a 30 amp breaker and dont have anything plugged in with it while using your plasma cutter. Great video
great they are nice to have I am looking at all the metal I can cut with it, a 30 amp and I have 20's good thing I have the 220 options. it made a nice fast cut.
Better be careful that you aren't wearing any clothing that may have something flammable on it while using that, even just a buildup of oil. I had a friend set himself on fire that way once.
Wow. I suddenly want a plasma cutter. But tell me something: When you said earlier that you used a 220, did you mean like a 220v outlet? I ask because the only one I have goes to my 20 year old air compressor, and I'm not sure it would fit. That said, can I get a plasma cutter that uses a 120 outlet? And would it be practical?
this plasma cutter will run on 110 or 220 if you want to run it on 110 you will need a 30-amp breaker I tried to use it on a 20-amp, and it kept blowing the breaker. if you wanted to run it on 220 you could air up your compressor turn it off and then do your cutting until the compressor got down to about 30 lbs. of pressure then let it build up and do it again
It took 5 min with a cheap Chinese plasma cutter with trial and error . I would still use the corded dewalt Sawzall i got a few yrs ago with a long 18-tpi blade to cut the four corners of that a.c. unit . 2 minutes and no fumes to breathe . What was the weight on the motor - am I guessing 3.12 lbs -
Hi there, I have a plasma torch coming monday just like it. I think I will like it better than a torch too. I've been following you for some time. I'm trying to get a smelter from a fellow for melting aluminum and I just got my forge in for melting copper. much better prices that way.
I need to get things in order to start melting again, In January the company buys back our ppto. anything over 80 hours, I think that I will have enough to get the devil forge
yeah I think 220 is the way to go, If I go to use it on a jobsite, I will have to get a bigger generator, one that has a 30 a,[ 110 or a 220 plug on it
I use the plasma cutter a lot, I will make more videos with it soon, have had a lot of rain the past few weeks, I have some items in the field that need to be cutup.
I have a smoker that I will cut down to take less space on trailer, may try to do some art work on dryer tubs for burn pits. may use it to cut down some sheet aluminum to smaller pieces, and I have a big sheet metal stripping vat that I can cut down too
Well I guess I was wrong again.lolnseemed to work well. Me personally still think a grinder the way to go but I could see using that cutter on certain scrap
I cut a lot of them open with the angle grinder, the one's from window units get too hot to fast with the torch so best way for them is with the grinder, the plastic sleeves tend to melt with the torch making it very hard to pull the copper
oh my eyes!!! your kitty's seem accustomed to your madness. i see you gave up on that bracket guide pretty quick, breaker, breaker, too much power. you cut that compressor faster than it took to find the right socket!! should be a great little item once you get it all worked out. wow, 6 lbs 4 ozs, and you make quick work of it with those tools. and those steel hauls are are a pretty lucrative side act. another solid video, very informative.
Thank you, I was surprised to see 6 lbs. most are around 4 lbs. I really like how the cutter worked, faster and better than the gas torch, Thanks for stopping by
I remember when our cars first started going over to metric some of the socket sizes were in the .5 sizes, 6, 6.5, 7, 7.5. might have been what those bolts were.
I am not really sure, I don't think that it would take anything real big, I have the air on the cutter set at 30 psi. and do a lot of cutting before my compressor kicks on, I have a 33-gallon tank. even with a small compressor if you added more volume, you could cut and then weight for it to catch up then cut some more. that question may be addressed on the amazon page
Looks like you fixed your pilot arc issue. The fact that you can start the arc with the basket keeping the tip from touching the metal, proves your pilot arc is now working, and your tips will last longer. When using the basket, align the basket so the open end of the basket is behind your travel. Also, I have never tried to run a compressor and a plasma cutter on the same breaker. Check how many amps your cutter uses on 120 volts. I always use 220 volts when I can. A year ago I had never seen a plasma cutter. Now I can't imagine my shop without one.
thanks for the tips, yes a plasma cutter is a life changer, I was told to use a 30-amp breaker on the 110, but I think that I will keep it on the 220, I have a good extension cord for the 220
Remember, a 30 amp circuit needs #10 wire. All my shop 120v circuits are #12 wire. I pulled a homeowner's electrical permit (Colorado), wired up a 50 amp 240v circuit and had it inspected. It serves my welder and my plasma cutter.
if the display on cutter says its using 48 amps and you have it on a 20 amp breaker I would think you can run it on that if you dialed the display down to correct amps they have decent gens run 240 and are 50 amps relatively cheap now
It depends on the bolts not just the amps. I doubt it's 110/220 coming out of the cutter, but ultimately it's the amps heating the steel and the oxygen completing the event.
the unit has an inverter kind of like a transformer so it may be close to 20 amps going in then transformed up to 48 amps output. like the power line out front high voltage low amps, then the transformer converts it to a lower voltage with higher amps
I think the unit case is about 1/8 inch thick, I cut some 1/4 in. in the video that I made when I open the box it came in, I think this thing will cut 3/8-inch steel
that info in nowhere to be found in the paperwork that came with the unit, most likely not much. best thing don't get in a hurry and take lots of breaks
@@Okiescrapper That kind if info would be written on the aide of a welder. Maybe there is a table printed on the aide of the plasma box. I couldn’t tell you how to read it if it was there though! :)
