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Ok....I have a TIG, now I want one of these


Are the cheapy ones on ebay any use ? It will mostly be light stuff Im cutting, but the ability to do 12mm steel would be handy too.

or there is even a cheapy Lincoln on ebay that is broken....would it be worth the risk ?

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

I'm pretty sure you can put a plasma torch on a dc tig, is this what you mean?

I keep meaning to try this ... basically the inverters are very similar!!

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

yes, basicaly its a tig with an air feed to blow the slag out.

theres some dual use stuff on ebay, mostly in aus.

I was referring to a seperate item.....

But would there be an add-on device that would allow me to do this ? Instead of buying a seperate unit?

I see there are some Plasma's from a UK seller for circa £350
ive trawled the feedback, and 3 buyers so far say its good.

9.85 @ 145mph
202mph standing mile
speed didn't kill me, but taxation probably will

Think you'll be lucky to find one that'll do 12mm. I've got a Cebora pocket plasma that can do upto about 3mm - and the ring main in the garage gets noticeably warm when its been used for a few minutes - I also run the compressor on a separate ring main, and the two combined regularly trip a 40amp breaker :)
I got the cebora as a "sold as seen - not tested" off eBay for £200 and it cost me another £100 to get it repaired - still cheaper than a new one though.

Not an area I've had much experience in, but getting stuff laser cut is quite cheap.....worth considering, depending how much you would actually use a plasma

Bit difficult to take a shell to have bits laser cut out Jason

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

well noted...as ever Rog! lol
damn engineering boffs

Edited by Jason G on 4th Apr, 2007.

Trust me if I could I would.....

I have been lusting after a plasma cutter for a couple of years but the bank manageer says no!!!

I used to have access to one and some of the stuff I used to do with it even blew my mind.

Did any of you ever see my gilled turbo Mini at the shows? White with black roof, LAMM cabrio kit, Superlight Challenger wheels? BOP361V

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Wish I'd keep pictures of all my old cars. Usually get rid of all photos to the buyer when I get bored of them .... never look at photos and digi cameras were didn't exist back then.

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

Only used a plasma once in my apprenticeship...more an gas cutting man myself...old skool!
My old cars normally involved a scissor jack getting dents out!

Just found this on ebay.



Cheaper than buying two separate units.

Saul Bellow - "A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep."
Stephen Hawking - "The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

I nearly went for one of those, I ended up just getting the cheapest AC/DC tig i could find.

AC...thats good mini13. Lots of ally welding!

Indeed!!

finding more and more stuff to make out of ally

lol mini13

So butterpoppy,

I get the impression your a metro man?

my mate got his plasma cutter this afternoon, chinese made, but bought from a uk seller giving one years warranty. its a 'cut 50' suppossadly capable of cutting 20mm plate.

we played with it this evening, and with the power on max it will actually cut a full inch of steel!!!!! awsome on thin stuff, all round a bloody good peice of kit.... £360 delivered!

Pete

And on the 7th day........... God created turbochargers!

If I didn't already have a decent DC TIG I might be tempted .... but only if I could by from inside the UK.

Had nothing but bad experiences with ordering from around the world .... plus if everybody did that all the UK retailers would be out of business and then where would you get your spares on a Saturday morning???

Every day is a school day ...........

How fast and how expensive ...... the same question...

I am now....since the latest purchase.

i just binned a front screen, if i'd had known....