plasma cutter

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Originally Posted by PAT303

Dullbird I assumed thats what you were talking about as they are used for rust repair,I KNOW you don't have a compressor big enough because I don't know a single person that has a 30cfm compressor at home,it will cost you three times what the plasma cutter will cost.Lastly where are you going to use it?,I hope you have good neighbours because they aren't quiet. Pat

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my neighbour is a chicken farmer...but I guess your assuming I live in suburbia.

your still making assumptions Pat as to what I want, what I have and what I can afford so why dont you just quite while your ahead....

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Originally Posted by twitchy

Damn you guys must use bloody huge spray guns...:D

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Twitchy have you cut anything with your plasma cutter??

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Originally Posted by dullbird

Twitchy have you cut anything with your plasma cutter??

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I need to upgrade my compressor to at least 15CFm but even with my ****ty Supercrap compressor it cut the floor panels out of my Sierra (even through the double & reinforcing chanels), probably only 4mm max so far but will cut 10mm max.

Oh I did have to wait a few times......:D

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Originally Posted by twitchy

I need to upgrade my compressor to at least 15CFm but even with my ****ty Supercrap compressor it cut the floor panels out of my Sierra (even through the double & reinforcing chanels), probably only 4mm max so far but will cut 10mm max.

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Oh I did have to wait a few times......:D

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did you find this a bit of an issue?

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Originally Posted by dullbird

did you find this a bit of an issue?

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Pain in the arse to be truthful, hence I am saving for a decent sized compressor!!!:BigThumb:

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Originally Posted by twitchy

Pain in the arse to be truthful, hence I am saving for a decent sized compressor!!!:BigThumb:

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but your only buying a compressor that will power a spray gun......

So now what you going to do:D

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Originally Posted by dullbird

but your only buying a compressor that will power a spray gun......

So now what you going to do:D

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:Rolling::Rolling: Probably grab another beer between tanks of air.:p

depending on what you want to spend twitchy I have seen compressors around that do 30 and over for less than 2 grand.....

they are probably not brands to shout about but they are out there....

the one at work sucks back over 30cfm.

the biggest 10A compressor IVe seen IRL is about 8CFM 15 Amps generally gets you into 13-14CFM.

charge a big enough tank and you can do a decent cut but then your waiting on the tank to recharge. a small tank will make a smaller cut but charge up faster.

you're likely to be looking at a decent 3 phase or engine driven compressor to run a plasma for big jobs.

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Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

the one at work sucks back over 30cfm.

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the biggest 10A compressor IVe seen IRL is about 8CFM 15 Amps generally gets you into 13-14CFM.

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charge a big enough tank and you can do a decent cut but then your waiting on the tank to recharge. a small tank will make a smaller cut but charge up faster.

you're likely to be looking at a decent 3 phase or

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engine driven compressor

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to run a plasma for big jobs.

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these are 3 phase

Air compressor. Boss 47 CFM/ 10 HP industrial workshop - eBay Compressors, Air Tools, Tools, Home. (end time 23-Jan-10 18:08:13 AEDST)


http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Air-Compresso...item1c0f72a272

I don't know the output pf these units but some of them look bloody beefy with the bottoms that can take forklifts

http://www.graysonline.com/Search.aspx?q=air+compressor

but I was thinking about a driven one.......

I know 3 phase is expensive to put in does anyonew know a rough cost