Recent content by IQRaceworks

Unfortunately no, there is no pressure/mixture adjustment screw on this DeWalt heater. I ended up returning it, and picked up a MrHeater 80,000 torpedo heater. Runs nice and clean....can't even smell it. The shop is well ventilated, so I'm not worried about a building of carbon monoxide. I...

My Craftsman 80,000 BTU "torpedo" heater died on me....the vanes on the pump ate themselves..I have parts or order, but I needed a new heater ASAP to keep things in my shop from freezing. I picked up one of the DeWalt 90,000 kerosene/diesel heaters ....and it fills my entire shop with smoke...

Mostly space. The area I have for the lathe isn't very big.....I could go a little bigger than one of those small bench top lathes, but not much. And honestly, 95% of the stuff I will machine is probably under 6" diameter.

I'd love to get a small engine lathe for my shop. Something that would let me turn small bushings, wheel spacers, trim parts off, shafts....maybe something that will swing up to a 6" diameter part. Nothing crazy precision, but something that is rigid enough to make a nice surface finish and...

Yes...I thought you were supposed to keep the tip 1/16-1/8 off of the metal. I thought dragging it across the metal would just instantly burn up the consumables. Are you supposed to keep the tip directly on the metal?? All the info I've seen says don't let it touch.....

What kind of air pressure do you run? I haven't been able to find much info as far as recommended settings go....

Ok....it's a 50a plasma, mine is a 40a. It sounds like those 10 extra amps make a big difference. Also, mine really didn't come with any manual telling you what air pressure to run at different settings. I was run into 60psi when I tried to cut the 3/8....not if if that's enough or not.

With a 40a plasma? They only rate them to cut 3/8"....I can't imagine it cutting 1/2" very well. Are you sure you don't have a 50a or 60a machine? Here's the project I've been working on.......forks for the back of the tractor! https://i.imgur.com/8zbVBlW.jpg

It can run on 110 or 220.....I run it on 220. I think I read somewhere that they only recommend cutting really thin stuff while running it on 110 or it will pull too many amps and trip a breaker. I'm sure it would cut 1/2.... But it would be a slow, gnarly, nasty looking cut.

***UPDATE*** Well, I've been cutting some more material with that little 40a JEG's plasma. Just for the heck of it, I maxed it out and tried cutting some 3/8" x 5" wide steel flat bar with it. It did it, but it sure didn't like it. It was slow going, and when I was done, it looked pretty...

Well, I got my little JEG's 40a Cut-40 plasma cutter in yesterday. I cut up a bunch of 14ga and 16ga steel that I had laying around. It worked great!! I haven't tried it on anything thicker yet, but everything I need to cut is pretty thing. Cut quality is great, I just need to get a little...

Well....my 40a Plasma Cutter from JEG's should be showing up today. Can't wait to test it out and see how it cuts. For $270......as long as I can rough out some shapes in 16-14ga steel, I will be more than happy. And, it looks like Amazon carries all kinds of consumables for it....so that's good.

Just ordered the same one! :)

Well, I decided to roll the dice on a cheap on. I ended up ordering this Cut40 off of JEGS. It's got a 1 year warranty, and JEGS can awesome customer service. Amazon has torches, and consumables for it for really cheap. For $260...it's worth the gamble. And the youtube reviews of it all...

I could buy 10 of those little cheap cut50's for the price of a Hypertherm....just saying. I only need to cut a few parts out of 16ga....kind of silly to spend a fortune on a nice plasma only to use it for that. I have some nice Miller welding equipment....so I don't mind spending money on...