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Cutting tools guides: plasma duty cycle, consumables, fumes, clean cut versus severance, compressor air, and when a grinder or oxy-fuel still wins at home.
Plasma cutter cutting thickness: plan the clean cut
You have a 10 mm mild-steel bracket to cut, and the amazon.co.uk title in front of you says 16 mm or 18 mm. The bullet underneath may name a smaller f
Plasma cut aluminium: what UK home reviews show
You have a length of aluminium sheet for a tray, or a 3 mm stainless bracket, and the amazon.co.uk bullet grouped stainless, aluminium and copper in o
Plasma cutter needs compressor: sort the air first
You have a garage socket, mild-steel offcuts, and no compressor against the wall. The plasma cutter in the amazon.co.uk basket looks like a finished k
Plasma cutter consumables: nozzles, tips, and wear
Your plasma cutter consumables have already failed if the hole in the tip is no longer a circle and the electrode behind it has a pit you can catch wi
Plasma cutter duty cycle: what the percentage means
You are halfway along a 3 mm bracket, the inverter case is already warm, and the listing you ordered from showed either 35% or 60%. A plasma cutter du
Plasma cutter vs angle grinder: which job is which
The bracket blank is on the bench, the angle grinder is already plugged into the garage socket, and a plasma cutter keeps appearing in the basket. Pla
Plasma cutting fumes: what a UK garage must control
You have a galvanised bracket, or a painted offcut, and a new inverter plasma cutter on the bench. The garage door is down because the neighbours are
Plasma cutter or oxy-acetylene: a UK garage choice
You are choosing a plasma cutter or oxy-acetylene for a length of mild steel that will not fit the angle grinder you already own. The bottle trolley i
Faulty plasma cutter refund: the 30-day right to reject
The cutter arrived this week. The air fitting is not in the carton, or the arc will not hold on plate you expected it to cut, or the ceramic cup has s
Straight cut plasma cutter: use a guide and a strip
You marked a bracket, pulled the trigger, and the edge came back as a shallow wave. A straight cut plasma cutter can follow a line, but the first edge