Thread: Which plasma cutter for home use

Originally Posted by PDW

Magnum Welders is good to deal with. My MIG came from them. I've put over 150kg of wire through it without any problems whatsoever. I've also used it as a DC stick welder for stainless rods, beautiful performance. If their plasma cutter is to the same standard, it'll be a good unit.

PDW

I have bought a couple of machines from Magnum, And I am a fan
The plasma cutter is awsome, I love it. I see they have a 100amp one for sale now as well.
I also bought my 200amp tig from Magnum and it has never missed a beat.
They also have the best warranty offered on Ebay....
Matt

Originally Posted by jex

Jon, is the pilot arc start only really necessary for mesh etc? Are they generally dearer than the HF start models? I would like to stick to single phase so 50A is probably my limit. I have 3 phase but we maybe moving in the future and might not have access to 3 phase.
This one is interesting but is HF start
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I have no need for a combined tig/mig/plasma as I have CIG 175 mig/tig/stick welder so would be duplicating functions. I would rather spend the money on a single purpose unit.

Jex,

The other plus to pilot arc starting is the gun doesn't even need to be remotely close to the item you're cutting and it'll cut through painted surfaces - HF requires the work piece to have a spot of bare metal to start the arc.

These are nice cutters, worth every cent, up your budget and you're onto a winner > http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Thermaldy...item3cc695940b

Hi John, I started an online chat with Bob Wu, the guy from the chinese supplier below where you got yours. He was very chatty until I asked how they would handle warranty claims for units sent to Australia, the chat suddenly ended and I could not get him to continue. I don,t think they had an answer or wanted to answer that question.
Is yours the pilot arc model and is it single phase ?

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Originally Posted by matthew_g

I have bought a couple of machines from Magnum, And I am a fan
The plasma cutter is awsome, I love it. I see they have a 100amp one for sale now as well.
I also bought my 200amp tig from Magnum and it has never missed a beat.
They also have the best warranty offered on Ebay....
Matt

I had a look at the specs of pretty much all the welders being advertised. A lot of the 250A MIG welders have a 10% duty cycle, 100% at 140A. That's useless. I bought the Magnum 250A unit, it's 60% duty cycle and capable of running 1.2mm wire. I've put a lot through it and am more than happy.

If they have a 100A plasma cutter for sale, my old 50A unit might come on the market...

PDW

Magnum do have a 100amp pilot arc listed , its $1890

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John, they finally answered by email. Here is their reply

1.First, you can send video to us about problem, our engineer will help solve it until it's ok;
2.Second, if need any parts to fix the problem in one year, we could send that for free to you, pls kindly note only send for free in FIRST ONE YEAR. If in second year, you need to buy from us;

Originally Posted by jex

Hi John, I started an online chat with Bob Wu, the guy from the chinese supplier below where you got yours. He was very chatty until I asked how they would handle warranty claims for units sent to Australia, the chat suddenly ended and I could not get him to continue. I don,t think they had an answer or wanted to answer that question.
Is yours the pilot arc model and is it single phase ?

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Yes Jex the one I bought is 3 phase with pilot arc.

As for warranty, I took a gamble that the cutter would work ok, because it was so cheeep I took that risk, but if it goes bang I probably would replace it with a BOC plasma cutter because Bob Wu might all of a sudden no speaka da english.

It's a punt I took, so far so good

john