[DeTomaso] Plasma cutter

bill gaino gaino at earthlink.net
Fri Jan 9 16:24:57 EST 2009


We used mine last week to gut my muffs. My stepson used it for an hour without eyewear and it fried his eyes very bad. We did not think much about the flash because it is under the handle. Dont make this mistake!  Bill

-----Original Message-----
>From: shelbygt at cfu.net
>Sent: Dec 26, 2008 7:24 AM
>To: spkorb at spkorb.org, Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com>
>Cc: DetomasoList <detomaso at realbig.com>
>Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] Plasma cutter
>
>I see Miller makes a Plasma cutter too.  I have a Millermatic Mig  
>welder I bought 20 years ago and it still works great.  Of course it  
>doesn't get a ton of use.  I may try to grab a used one off of Ebay. I  
>don't do a lot of metal work but it's nice to have the tools when I do.
>
>I'm putting a V8 in an old Econoline and neet to fabricate a  
>transmission mount and crossmember with motor mounts.  These things  
>came with straight 6's only so I might try to modify an existing  
>crossmember.  To do that I'll need to cut the old mounts off and it  
>seems a plasma cutter would be the best way.  I'm sure I'll find other  
>uses once I have it.  That's just the current need.
>
>Quoting Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com>:
>
>> On Thu, Dec 25, 2008 at 9:57 PM, <shelbygt at cfu.net> wrote:
>>
>>> A little off the subject, but does anyone have suggestions for a
>>> plasma cutter for the do-it-yourselfer?
>>>
>>
>> Even if you get a cheap one like I did, you'll wonder how you got through
>> life without it.  It makes you go "Buah-hah-hah-hah!" sort of like 5000RPM
>> in 2nd gear does.  I have a bottom of the line Drag-gun with an onboard air
>> supply.  It's heavy, but compact and I can bring it to any site that has a
>> 110v outlet.  It won't do more than 3/16" plate though and it complains a
>> bit doing that.  Now I'd like to have a larger model with shop air, but I
>> won't be trading this one in :)  It's great for junk yard duty and will cut
>> a car into as many pieces as you please.  It's just not as much good for tow
>> hitches :)  Here's an ad for it from Grainger
>> http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/5UV90
>>
>> It has some consumables; they come in bags full and that seems expensive but
>> there are 10 or so electrodes per bag.  I'd get a bag of electrodes and a
>> bag of nozzles.  The nozzles last through 5 or 6 electrodes... I'd say one
>> electrode per car that you back halve:
>> http://www.bacomatic.org/~dw/cars/suprang/2bits.htm
>>
>> --
>> Sean Korb spkorb at spkorb.org http://www.spkorb.org
>> '65, '68 Mustangs, '68 Cougar, '78 R100/7, '60 Metro, '59 A35, '71 Pantera
>> #1382
>> "The more you drive, the less intelligent you get" --Miller
>> "Computers are useless.  They can only give you answers." -P. Picasso
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