Renze
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I am looking to buy a plasma cutter and a MIG.
I put a bid on a Miller 280 (i know Miller is -THE- brand in the USA) a Tico (Dutch brand, good quality copper spools) and a Kemppi, all 3 are barely used, and regular machines so i am not afraid that i cant get parts for them, like with the first gas welding machine we bought.
They say 3 phase welds much nicer than single phase 230V or two phase 400V because the alternating current is transmformed into DC but there are dips between the waves of the current: With 3 phase these waves are allmost eliminated. Does anyone confirm that ?
40A plasma cutters have ratings from 10 to 12mm nominal cutting (3/8 to half inch)
I have a 7x12 band saw for anything thicker than that, so the 40A machine will do for my main purpose: However i also have another purpose: We have 3 pig barns which are to be tore down, and there is a LOT of scrap in there: cages, feeders, structural steel. (i will need a frontloader boom pole) Abrasive disks are too expensive to use for demolishing, and i simply refuse to use an angle grinder on a ladder !
So the other question is: If this 40 to 50 ampere plasma cuts CLEAN through 10 to 12 mm steel, what will be its maximum cut depth, if i simply want to tear things down and the smoothness of cut is totally unimportant ? (i'll clear cut the beams to length on the band saw, before i weld a new structure for a horse and machinery shed from the salvaged steel)
Clean cutting 10mm is more than enough for me, but i'd also like to be able to cut some scrap, regardless the smoothness of cut. What will a small plasma cut ?
I put a bid on a Miller 280 (i know Miller is -THE- brand in the USA) a Tico (Dutch brand, good quality copper spools) and a Kemppi, all 3 are barely used, and regular machines so i am not afraid that i cant get parts for them, like with the first gas welding machine we bought.
They say 3 phase welds much nicer than single phase 230V or two phase 400V because the alternating current is transmformed into DC but there are dips between the waves of the current: With 3 phase these waves are allmost eliminated. Does anyone confirm that ?
40A plasma cutters have ratings from 10 to 12mm nominal cutting (3/8 to half inch)
I have a 7x12 band saw for anything thicker than that, so the 40A machine will do for my main purpose: However i also have another purpose: We have 3 pig barns which are to be tore down, and there is a LOT of scrap in there: cages, feeders, structural steel. (i will need a frontloader boom pole) Abrasive disks are too expensive to use for demolishing, and i simply refuse to use an angle grinder on a ladder !
So the other question is: If this 40 to 50 ampere plasma cuts CLEAN through 10 to 12 mm steel, what will be its maximum cut depth, if i simply want to tear things down and the smoothness of cut is totally unimportant ? (i'll clear cut the beams to length on the band saw, before i weld a new structure for a horse and machinery shed from the salvaged steel)
Clean cutting 10mm is more than enough for me, but i'd also like to be able to cut some scrap, regardless the smoothness of cut. What will a small plasma cut ?
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