CNC Plasma cutters, DIY, building info and guide

Thank you for a lot of useful information!
You shared your knowledges and I want to share good source. jonsguide.org/best-plasma-cutter-reviews/ go on this page and read a good review on different plasma cutter.

Bradua wrote: Thank you for a lot of useful information!
You shared your knowledges and I want to share good source. jonsguide.org/best-plasma-cutter-reviews/ go on this page and read a good review on different plasma cutter.

Lol I saw this post eariler this morning when it had the link for futon mattresses,

jonsguide.org/best-futon-mattresses-review/

I mean really wtf is this guy thinking.

Edit: Checked the link and it does show plasma cutters which might be helpful even if he is pushing his products.

i remember coming across the editors choice and opted to see if they had a machine torch option for anything? i never did get a response back from them so i took that as a no. those reviews look manipulated honestly. if it was the ten best low end machines with hand torches it would make some sense but it;s not and looks like a marketing aid for self interests if anything. everlast was the only cheaper plasma cutting with a machine torch option and i think i seen some issues with the voltage divider board on the everlast machines if i remember right?

i would say duty cycles are a huge factor in deciding on cutting unit for a cnc table. if your doing full sheets and have a bunch of small parts and the cycle time is really long these cheap machines won't hold up if your able to cobble one together into a cnc system.

just my 2 cents on the subject.

How do you think one of those cheap machines would go with this? Its only 10mm thick so should be within the capacity but I think the duty cycle would be a problem.

that's my point spot on. once you get to the thicker material that's another level of difficulty the cheap machines will falter on. the thicker the material the higher the amps needed and far less duty cycle once you enter into that level of cutting. so if you want to do any kind of production runs all those machines won't handle that kind of load.

machinedude wrote: if anything. everlast was the only cheaper plasma cutting with a machine torch option and i think i seen some issues with the voltage divider board on the everlast machines if i remember right?
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Yes, this is correct but ts easy to fix. The issue is the divider resistors on the board are seen as belonging to the THCAD-10 so voltages are out by a factor of 1.5. So their 16:1 divider settings becomes 24:1 which is pretty much perfect for use with Linuxcnc with no scaling resistors. eg just set the THCAD up as if its got a 24:1 divider.