My Plasma Cutter Has Lost Half Its Power
My Plasma Cutter Has Lost Half Its Power If your plasma cutter suddenly feels like it’s lost half its power, don’t be too quick to blame the machine. Most of the time it hasn’t lost power at all. It’s just not getting something it needs to do its job properly. I learnt that one the […]
Plasma Cutter Cutting Like Shit? Here’s What I’d Check First
Plasma Cutter Leaving a Wide, Messy Cut? Check Your Consumables First Plasma cutter still cuts, but the cut looks like shit? Big ugly line, heaps of crap hanging underneath, rough edge, and it feels like the torch has gone all over the place? Before you start blaming the whole machine, I’d be looking at the […]
Burning Through Tips on a 70+ Amp Plasma Cutter? Check This Before Buying More Consumables
Burning Through Tips on a 70–110 Amp Plasma Cutter? Check This Before Buying More Consumables If your 70–110 amp plasma cutter is chewing through tips and electrodes, stop buying more bloody consumables until you work out what’s actually going on. I’m talking about the bigger imported machines here — the Chinese cutters and all the […]
Save Barn Plasma Cutter – What Consumables Fit Your Torch?
CHECK WHAT TORCH YOU HAVE Bought a Plasma Cutter From Save Barn? A Save Barn plasma cutter may look like a store-brand machine, but the consumables are decided by the torch fitted to it, not the name on the box. This video shows common plasma torch styles on real machines so you can compare yours […]
Weldpro Plasma Cutter Tips in NZ – What Torch Do You Actually Have?
TORCH IDENTIFICATION GUIDE Own a Weld Pro Plasma Cutter? Many Weld Pro plasma cutters use common imported torch styles, but the machine name alone won’t tell you which consumables fit. The torch itself usually provides the answer. In this video I compare several popular plasma torch designs and show how to identify them before ordering […]
PT31 Plasma Torch – How to Tell What Consumables Fit (NZ Guide)
⌕ PT31 TORCH IDENTIFICATION PT31 Plasma Consumables This page is for the common PT31 / LG40 push-in torch setup used on many small plasma cutters. Watch the video below if you are not sure whether this is the right consumable style for your machine. Quick check: The tip and electrode push into the torch head […]
Plasma Cutter Air Pressure & Settings – Why Your Cuts Look Like Shit
Most people blame the plasma cutter when their cuts look like rubbish. Cheap machine. Bad brand. Dodgy Chinese junk. Nine times out of ten, it’s none of that. It’s air. Bad pressure. Not enough flow. Wet air. I learned that the hard way in my own shed. Quick Rant (Because It Needs Saying) I see […]
Stop Wasting Money – What Size Plasma Cutter Do You Actually Need?
Most people get this wrong. They don’t ask: What do I actually cut? They ask: “What’s the biggest plasma cutter I can afford?” Two completely different questions. And the second one usually ends in disappointment. Someone says: “I want to cut 20mm steel.” Sweet. How often? Because in most Kiwi sheds, real work looks like […]
How Thick Can a 50 Amp Plasma Cutter Cut Before It Turns to Shit?
My first plasma cutter was a 45 amp unit. I got it home, dragged it into the shed, grabbed the thickest lump of steel I could find, and went straight for glory. Big ugly chunk. Covered in rust. Looked like something pulled out of a paddock in Ashburton. Plugged the air in. Turned the machine […]
That Pilot Arc Thing on Plasma Cutters – Here’s What It Does
When I bought my first plasma cutter, I honestly thought I’d cracked the code. Walk into the shop. Hand over a stack of cash. Walk out with a magic metal-cutting box. Job done. Didn’t matter what was inside it. Didn’t matter how it started. Didn’t matter what torch it had. If it cut steel, that […]