I am looking for a plasma cutter that can cut 1/4 mild steel. I only have 600$ though so im pretty sure it has to be a used plasma cutter. but does anyone know where i can find one?

 

Go get a 30A inverter plasma cutter off ebay. I've read quite a few reviews, all of which say the machine is absolutely great. I believe it can cut up to 5/8" steel so 1/4" should be NO problem.

 

i also forgot to add that i have a 220v outlet for my licoln arc welder.. i duno if that makes a diffrence but it should open more options for me?

thanks for the suggestion though ill look into it right now.

any others?

 

Parker 40amp plasma cutter. its blue... They work awesome says some pros on the hobart site

 

that parker plasma cutter seems good for the price. its abilities are better than all the other ones in its price range.... i might just get that one....

thanks a lot guys

 

This might help ... 82 available!!!!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/40-Amp-Pla...wItem

 

wow thanks a lot cougar. im defitnatly picking up a parker. has a very high cut power for hte price..

thanks a billion guys.

 

for the archieves. These plasma cutters are all basically one design. Then they are packaged and you can have various labels put on the box. If you look at a parker vs a mitec they look exactly the same. If you look at a Riland vs a Mitec, exactly the same. They are all essentially the same device. Regardless for the money these chinese inverter machines are hard to beat. You get a ton for your dollar

 

I bought one of the 'Riland' 40amp ones, and it is pretty cool. The manual is written in poor english, and the air regulator assembly looks a little fragile, but the thing operates perfectly and will cut through anything I've tried. They rate it at 5/8" I think, and I believe it. I haven't used it too much yet, but when I have, the cuts are nice and clean and it can cut super fast on thin metal.

-Chris

 

Just make sure when using compressed air, you get all the water out.

 

You guys think that will honestly cut 1/4" ?
Maybe sever it but I doubt its going to cut!

 

why wouldnt it cut it want2race?

 

i have actually used one. and yes it will cut 3/8" and even 1/2". It doesn't cut 5/8" like it advertizes though it will sever up to a 1" Honestly we put the 50 amp one up to the test against a spectrum 375. And it kicked ***. My friend felt kinda bad he spent twice as much, just for the name. If you take both boxes off they look very similar inside. The only thing better about the miller is the gun. But the parker 50 amp gun isn't too bad, can't say much for teh 40 amp.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by LordAphotic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why wouldnt it cut it want2race?</TD></TR></TABLE> because I have one of the best models miller makes and I would say it does 50% of what it advertises... IE its claim of 1.5" really is .75

 

i bought a used spectrum 375 last winter & i really like it.

I've yet to flip it over to the 220 option & test it out like that to see how much more cutting potential it has, i've only used it on the 110 setting on 16 gauge sheetmetal.

cuts pretty good. I might have to go test out the 220 now!

 

Probably get lead poisoning from the one in china lol

 

I cut 3/8" in one cut with my 40 amp ebay plasma cutter.

 

we have three thermal arcs, two of them are those little 110 volt carry around ones. and one is a a larger machine that has wheels and a little hand truck type thing.

the 110 volt ones will cut through 3/8" steel but not for long periods of time.

the 220 volt larger one, takes about 5 minutes to warm up before use. itll cut 1/2" like theres no tomorrow. obviously not continuously for long periods of time, but you can make a decently long cut with it.

 

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we have three thermal arcs, two of them are those little 110 volt carry around ones. and one is a a larger machine that has wheels and a little hand truck type thing.

the 110 volt ones will cut through 3/8" steel but not for long periods of time.

the 220 volt larger one, takes about 5 minutes to warm up before use. itll cut 1/2" like theres no tomorrow. obviously not continuously for long periods of time, but you can make a decently long cut with it.






Why would it need to "warm up" before cutting?

 

hey you can get one from this place called harborfreight.com , I reside in syracuse but I know that they are expanding world wide. I seen some plasma cutters as low as 499 that can cut thicker steel.

 

I've never heard of a plasma cutter having to "warm up" before use. Most of these little machines seem to do pretty well on thin stuff and there doesnt seem to be a reason in my mind why the average weekend warrior would need a big plasma anyway. If you want to cut thick steel get a torch. They can't be beat for stuff 1/2 and thicker.