THE SECRET TECHNIQUE - Any SIMPLE Shape | PLASMA CUTTING for BEGINNERS! 

A timely video as I just got a new to me Miller plasma! Have a safe and enjoyable trip! Take care

Great tips... You and Karl are a dynamic duo!

An amazing tutorial on a process that I never knew was possible! Awesome cheap alternative for the backyard guy that can't afford a CNC machine. You're way of walking us though is spot on and so thoughtfully planned out and explained! Safe travels and can't wait to see what you and Karl get into! A-and a Josh walk on (food not bathroom!), drink! Go Bennetts Customs, keep moving forward!

Thanks, you are a great metal artisan and a fantastic teacher.

A good source of glass sheets is old refrigerator shelves! Nice and thick, and tempered. And cheap, find them on the side of the road or a recycle center for pennies. Safe trip Jordan!

Have a safe trip, Jordan. Hope to see some videos with yourself and Carl.

Excellent video! You are a really good teacher. The process was clearly explained and easily followed. There are a lot of great craftsmen on RU-vid, but not many great teachers. Thank you for giving the hobbyist a method to create parts without a CNC. I’ve used my plasma cutter successfully for straight lines, but needed this idea for curved pieces. This will open up new possibilities for me, and others like me!

Great video. At some oint I want to make a CNC plasma cutter, but until then I was planning on doing something similar using thin wood templates cut out with my wood cutting CNC machine to cut out the templates... but I really like your cardboard idea better. I conveniently have a CNC laser cutter that will cut out cardboard templates easier than wood and way way cheaper... I use software called Lightburn to drive the laser cutter and it has the perfect feature for this, it lets you draw an object and then clone it as an offset object with the offset either inside or outside so cloning it with a 3mm inside offset (or whatever required for your particular plasma torch) makes it super easy to go from drawing to cardboard template fast.

Wonderful and insightful video. For those of us that have designed our own templates to do stained glass, this type of template layout made so much sense! Thank you so much for bringing it all together!

I just got a plasma too. Cant wait to get started with the template cuts.

Useful information Jordan , thank you.

Safe travels Jordan, Strawboard is a great product and have used it for making patterns for years I get it from Upholstery supply stores like Nolans and they would be cheaper than the craft stores. Cheers Greg

Awesome tips mates, thank you.great vid.

Bloody great video mate ,I can’t wait to try it ,can’t stress how helpful this idea is Cheers from down south

OMG! This video is so helpful! I had never heard of straw board before. Thanks a million for sharing your tips and techniques!! You have a new subscriber!

Great video. You taught me some new skills. Thank you so much.

One method to measure the offset is to simply make a short cut from the template material you will be using. Then measure from the edge to whichever side of the cut you require and that is exactly your offset.

Nice done. Thank you

Nice video Jordan, well explained and demonstrated. Cheers

Jordan, so your saying I don't need a CNC table. LOL!!!! As a retired Draftsman, I think I got this. Your explanation technique and doing a tutorial "only" is spot on.

Great tips ! I like the use of legs both you ad Karl rock

Thank you Jordan!

7:15 "Radius" is for circles... "Perimeter" is general, for every form, even for circles. 22:22 The legs are incapable for fine-motoric-movements, so, you surely assisted your legs with smaller upper-body- and arm-movement, but it´s good that you underline the use of your legs, cause many won´t notice it by themselves for ages...!!! Thanks...!!!

You & Karl should be a craka show, maybe Brent as well ha ha ha. Thanks for the tips

Great video mate, have you tried the contact tips the are parallel no taper

Очень познавательно, спасибо за урок!

That was cool

Good video 👍

Thank you for going to the trouble to make this video, I have learnt several things that will improve my plasma work😎

That was the best plasma cutting tutorial I have seen. Also, as a first time viewer, new subscriber, I found it interesting listening to your hybrid Canadian/Aussie accent. How long have you been in Australia?

Very well explained. It’s always a treat to watch your channel! I’ll be making an order today 19th 01st 24. My grandson Lewis needs a hoodie and maybe a t shirt.. cheers.

Great tips and well explained, If you can drive one of the free 2D CAD programs then you could draw the shape, print and then glue to the strawboard with spray contact glue like ADOS F2, then just cut to the printed line. It would be easy to create an offset allowance and place reference points like circle center marks etc :-)

Safe trip Canada, Hi to Karl

If the size of your final piece isn't critical, I'm assuming that you don't need to trim the template? I'm thinking about using this technique to create artwork for signs and decorative metal work elements. Thanks for doing this it's great.

Do you have a link for your safety pants?

Hey Jordan. New to the channel and the plasma world. At 8:50 couldn’t you just run the straw board through a router table with a 45* bevel so the shield (conical bit) accurately rides the edge of the stencil? Or even just use a inlay set to trim off the bit you were doing with math in the first place? (I’ve been a hobbyist maker/tinkerer for a long time but I’m brand new to plasma cutting so forgive me if I’m off the mark or ignorant of limiting factors)

Liked the video. I want to use a plasma cutter to create artwork and looking into the plasma cutter I should purchase. Obviously you could not use this method with a pilot arc cutter. If I was to use this template method I would cut out the straw board templates using my laser cutter.

Impressed with what you do with the hand held plasma torch, out of curiosity what pressure do you run the air at?

If you have several repetitive parts to cut, would a more durable material like Hardboard be acceptable as a template?

Hola buenas noches desde México, excelentes videos ,me gusta mucho lo que hacen un fuerte abrazo, desconozca si se pueda traducir al español sus videos.

Is that the same as chipboard? any links to an online store?

Uhh, you should get a heavy and light Olfa cutter. They are the best. Like industrial scalpels.

Good stuff Jordan. Does aluminum, say 3/16" thick create more slag because it's softer than plate steel?

Im an old 80 yrs lifelong iron burner welder and this new tech is serious important. I just bought an ArcCaptan 50 amp plasma cuter and don't know how to use it. Still in box. Couple dissappointments are that it's not a piolet arc and wanted to do light duty fieldbrepairs with a good generator and pancake compressor what size generator do Inneed?? Thanks just r. Now it looks like I cant. Have 30 amp 120. Help?

Hello, sorry for my bad english. How do you call this ? I want to buy it, where can i find it? Thank you

I've never used a plasma cutter......I've got a Multiplaz 3500 plasma welder that also came with a cutter so maybe I'll give it a go to see what it can do.

I got no idea what a straw board is, but I think if you got a plotter or a laser cutter, you can definitely cut out templates with a computer. It would allow you to precisely cut repeated shape on the plasma.

Just come across this and wow is it interesting and have just subscribed, certainly very informative. With what you call strawboard, what is the actual thickness that you use?

Was that a drag type tip on your plasma, or regular tip?

hi why do some people wear welding helmets when using a plasma cutter, would i be fine just using safty glasses

Get a 3d printer to make accurate templates or find a friend that has one. You will be able to make incredibly accurate and detailed jigs.

Strawboard is also called boxboard and 48oz is 3000u(microns)

Do you drag the nozzle, or do you have a stand-off?

is your plasma tip touch the metal???or i see the insert which goes on plasma tip

Having a hard time finding straw board in the usa. Any hints from your audience?

wearing my welding helmet plasma cutting I can’t see my lines so have been using sunglasses is this safe

In my experience you shouldn't touch the metal with the tool.

I keep hearing people calling a millimeter a mil. A mil is 0.001” (or a tenth of a cent). A millimeter is 0.039 inches approximately. Big difference! Why can’t we just call it what it is?