Which plasma cutter?

[roadhunter]

No matter were it's made I love my hypertherm600

Me too!

 

[Big Barn]

OK. Back on rack here. Neither of those units turned out to be available. I wish when people sell something they would take down the ad or at the least call or email back. Rant off. Now I found a 375 miller spectrum plasma cutter. Thoughts? $650.

Carol, I have the older Spectrum 300 ( also 27 amp). I bought it new over 15 years ago. I think it is rated 3/8 inch but I feel that it grossly underpowered. I leave it as a dedicated machine for cutting sheets of material 10gauge ( a little thicker than 1/8") or less as I don't have a big shear.
I would suggest getting a price from Mark for a brand new Everlast.



Terry

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

I've used the 325 and 325 xtreme, and they've come up a notch in performance. I like the extreme and feel it does have a little more power than the older style 325. It's not a heavy plate cutter for sure but they are capable of 1/4 fairly easily and more if pushed.

 

[yomax4]

Less than 40 amps on Plasma is like being stuck with a 115v mig or stick machine. Kinda works, kinda don't, Kinda sucks.

 

[muddstopper]

Less than 40 amps on Plasma is like being stuck with a 115v mig or stick machine. Kinda works, kinda don't, Kinda sucks.

My 625 is 40 amps, and I tend to agree, just on the verge of being to small.

 

[tnjind]

I have a ThermalDynamics 50 I bought new a few years ago, great machine. Many, many cuts with no problems. We just acquired a well used Hypertherm 1250, AWESOME beast, this thing is like cutting with lightning.

 

[FredH]

Thermal ARC 5XR Plasma cutter


Looks like it is just north of Glendale , posted 2 days ago. Know nothing about it or who it is But ??? That price , may be worth looking into .

Fred H.

 

[Carol in CA]

The Hypertherm 380 came back on the market. I am going to look at it tomorrow afternoon. She is asking $650. Been on Craigslist for 22 days. She says lots of calls and a lot of no-shows. What am I looking for? Its in her storage yard so not likely to be able to fire it up even if I knew how! Learning, learning, learning.

Also wondering about the price. Tad high?

This machine is at the bare minimum for the project I have in mind. Most of the cuts will be in 1/4" and down. There a couple of 3/8" and a couple of 1/2" cuts. Can I get by? Likely will sell this stuff when the project is complete. But then again, maybe not!

 

[yomax4]

I would go with an older 50 or 60 amp unit. I see used ones of assorted brands for less than $650 and will do much better on 3/8 and 1/2 than that little 38. IMHO.

 

[yomax4]

Thermal ARC 5XR Plasma cutter


Looks like it is just north of Glendale , posted 2 days ago. Know nothing about it or who it is But ??? That price , may be worth looking into .

Fred H.

The 5XR is a transformer unit though 2x larger than an inverter it will last forever. If it's cheap enough you can put a new style torch on it. They are available for a reasonable price used too. I think I have a couple laying around.