How to Plasma Cut Small Holes 

You can also just use large washers for a guide, I've done it many times - just get the size you need for your hole and if you cut up the washer - no big deal, they are cheap and already have the hole in it.

Yup, smart. Thanks for the video.

I did this too! And for holes that need to be located accurately, I machined a plug with an 1/8" cylinder. I drill an 1/8" hole where the center is, put the plug in, then clamp the template around the plug, then pull the plug off. The hole is perfectly oriented. Not sure if I explained that very well.

All good ideas thanks for the tips

Great idea thanks for sharing

Yep and I added magnets to mine too thanks gor the share !

Cool little idea for jigs. With a generic 'home' plasma cutter (which is all I have) it should work to just make the hole larger than the offset of the tip - label it for the output size even though it's physically larger. Some 1/4" thick 'jigs' would be easy to use. Thanks for the idea!

Good tips! I would have to have really thick ones though because my tips are tapered and not cylindrical so would have to indicate on the whole body.

hi, very helpful video, thank you for the time to present it. bye

Good advice 👍

Nice another vid 👌 I'd love to see a vid on severing some 3/4 & see what it'll do

Awesome

I have a cutter very similar to yours in this video , there is a wire guard around the tip to act as a stand off , my question is do you use a drag tip ?

Nice tips! I honestly never thought about it before as I work mostly with wood. On the other hand my brother works in a metal shop and I hope has figured this out by now, LOL. I do on occasion run into the task of accurately transferring geometric shapes onto bisque but that is a whole other thing but just like this application requires a template or jig because my best circle freehand looks like an egg, LOL. :)

So when are these going to be available in your store? Seems like it’d be easy to make on your plasma table and nice to have a set that increments up from .5 up to 3” or so.

I just bought my first plasma cutter,,when i try to use it cut holes it is very erratic,,,what settings should i use as far as air and power settings

I've been trying to drill 1/4" holes in railroad spikes and having no luck with any drill bit. Do you think a plasma cutter could do it? The iron is about 3/8" thick.

Quick question: the table you're using to cut on... the grid surface - what the hell do I ask for at the scrap yard? Looks like an old 'in floor' furnace grate we had when I was growing up... only with 'wider' (thicker???) 'slats' making up the grid.

But what if u want a specific size hole

Hey Matt ! Have tried a circle burner with a plasma cutter?

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Wow why didn't I think of that?

Yesswelder cut 50 is pure chinese junk. Mine was no good out of the box. Pressure gauge only reads 30psi. I don’t know whether I have to much or to little air pressure. Arc goes out after a few seconds. Yeswelder is putting unreasonable demands on me to fix it.

I recently picked up the same plasma cutter but have a hard time cutting through 1/2” any tips?

Why not make the hole jig out of wood,Easily replaceable if it burns it. 2 minute jig as well.