lincoln plasma died

[toymn6366]

My lincoln plasma quit and i sent it to be repaired, shop called today with 2 boards burnt up was going to be $2000 it fix it and it would still be over ten years old.Its a pro cut 55 i looked at a new one at around $3000 and a holbart for $2000 rated at 40 amps anybody use a holbart and how hard are tips to get for them.

 

[sberry]

The Hobarts are good, easy to get anything for.

 

[t100]

ThermaDyne and be done with it.

thermadyne.com

Themal Dynamics to be exact.

 

[Monte]

Hypertherm

 

[arkangel06]

Thermal Dynamics and be done with it.

Fixed it for you

 

[t100]

Hypertherm

will work, too.

 

[t100]

Fixed it for you

oopsy .

 

[billymade]

I wonder if you had your older boards reworked and repaired; could this be a viable... more cost effective option? A quick google shows a number of vendors that do this type of work:

http://www.yorkelectronics.com/

http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=welder+on+board+repairs&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

 

[Ben Iv]

our procut 55 died about 4 years ago we got a thermal dynamics zero problems out of it. light and compact the lincoln had to weigh 200lbs

 

[toymn6366]

found a new miller 80 amp for $2000 great plasma thanks for everybodys imput

 

[madjack]

Had a ProCut 55 for 18 months. What a piece of junk. Replaced it 5 years ago with a Hypertherm 1000. Consumables last 3-4x longer, costs about what replacment of your boards will be. Have had zero problems. It runs four hours per day five days a week, every week. Fine cut tips give comperable cut quality to the Lincoln.

 

[rodm1]

Hypertherm

+1