for Valentines day i bought myself this Plasma Cutter it was on sale for $649 plus i had a 20% off coupon and i bought the 1 year free replacement plan for $73. i was kind of skeptical at first on the quality since it was from Harbor Freight but this thing kicks some major ass. it blows through 1/4-3/8 steel like a knife in butter. it takes a bit to get use to it but this thing is a blast to use. i should have bought one of these years back and i would have saved myself SOOOOOO much time. anyway i just wanted everyone to know that not everything from Harbor Freight is junk.... just some of it.

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Sweet...they are a fantastic tool

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Awesome! I picked one up off ebay a year or so ago. There's nothing like em!

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BTW, do they need compressed gas/air to operate.

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I bought a Miller plasma cutter a few years back and it works great......I rarely use my gas torch any more.

akguppy : Mine needs clean filtered shop air to function.

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i bought some torches

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Northern tool makes one that is almost identical. I've been eyeing it up for a while but like you I was skeptical because of the price.

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Awesome. Thanks for the heads up Ben. I was eyeing that one and this one in the Northern Tool Catalog. Had you ever used s plasma cutter before now? Was it hard to figure out how to use it? Ive only ever used the old school torches..

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Nice! We used to have an old ESAB at the shop... Beat the snot out of torches or recip saws. You can actually stencil with the darn things. They are that tight with a kerf.

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Yes they need compressed air (clean and dry), nitrogen or argon to operate. That is how they work, restricting the compressed gas through the center tube while sending a negative current to an electrode. When you get a complete circuit the spark actually puts the gas into the "fourth state of matter" or a good ole directed stream of plasma at approx 30,500deg F. They best thing about plasma cutters is that they don't rely on oxidation to cut metal like a ordinary oxy/acet torch so they can cut any electrically conductive metal.

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BTW it is not hard to use, just press the button and go to town. We have a couple Miller spectrum 2050's and they are sweet, we've cut 1" plate with it. The biggest thing I have found is that you need a steady hand to make a nice freehand cut, if you are worried about shaky hands you can get a standoff roller which looks just like training wheels for your torch so you can get the best results if you are cutting out an odd shaped figure.

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..and about 30 seconds after you cut the metal, you can hold it in your hand.

You can use wood, plastic, or even cloth as a guide rail....


We have three of them at the race shop....Thermal Dynamics. They're awesome!

I am I huge fan of plasma cutters, for most things they beat the torch .

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and no i've never really used one before. i just powered it up and ran with it. i plan on putting a desiccant (sp) moisture seperator (the one with the little beads in the canister) at the input of the cutter to eliminate any moisture that might get in there. i currently don't have a moisture or oil problem at my house. at my friends shop he has a moisture since he disconnected his dryer a while back. but he has filters that take most of it away.