After getting my plasma, I'll never light a torch again,
unless I need to heat up something or cut a gate off in the
south pasture. Even then, I could load the 5000 watt
generator and plasma in to the pickup.
But around the shop, cutting steel, aluminum, SS, thin, thick,
straight, curved, compound curves, odd shaped parts you can't
beat the plasma torch for a lot of the projects.
If I'm fabricating something that will fit in the saw from
tubing, channel, angle, bar stock then generally it goes into
the horizontal band saw. Small pieces or pieces that need a
bit more precision than a cutting torch can offer get notched,
trimmed or shaped in the vertical band saw.
Actually a well equipped shop needs dozens and dozens of metal
cutting tools dedicated to specific tasks.
But if you're one who is working with a low budget, limited
space and only occasionally need to cut something, then a
hack saw and grinder will suffice in most cases.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
Last edited by Denny Graham; 01/26/2015 1:55 PM.
