plasma,my heads gone !

[steve--o]

hi folks,ive been reading all the input on the plasma cutters,i want to buy one to cut 1mm to 6mm and im on a low budget.

im a time served fitter,turner,welder,who has been off the tools for 20 years but still dabbling in mi shed in the sun. (brit bikes,od jobs )

can any body give mi an idiots guide to the chino man low budjet plasma cutters,i have e mailed sevral e bay buyers who have bought from brit companys selling chino,but thay have only had them for a couple of months,so no real test .(but all seem happy )

basikly i need to know a make that some body has owned for approx 2 years,makes / dealers to avoid,and the best type of tourch to go for,ie where the consumables are readily uk avalable.

hope you can all help,as im needing to buy soon.

im looking at this one at the moment,any input welcome

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/240v-Inverter...14&_trkparms=72:1298|66:2|65:12|39:1|240:1318

cheers
steve in a cold but sunny almeria spain

 

[Psymon]

Don't know about plasmas - but I am sure someone will be along soon.

Say hello to my old fella will you? He is in Allbox just up the road from you.

 

[steve--o]

yep,will do,im 5 mins from Albox,along with another 6 thou brits who jumped,the then sinking,now sunk HMS,UK S

 

[MrFluffy]

Ive had one of the much maligned rehman supplied cut40's for quite a while now (prob near on two years thinking about it but dunno to be exact), Ive used it off and on but it doesnt get used every week, just when needed although I did use it to slice up my range rover into bits small enough to take to the local tip over a weekend. So light use, but its very handy to have round...
I think they either come working or they dont, the only gotchas are that when the tip wears down, or the insert inside the tip it just stops working and you start believing all those unreliability stories until a quick tip change restores function

At top up time when Id got through the 10 tips supplied with it at the time, I just bought a big bag of consumables off a ebay seller and am slowly working my way through them. Mine was the posh one with hf start although I didnt realize this at purchase time it is quite handy to have...

 

[steve--o]

thanks for the info,i think im only going to go for the HF start,to be honest id rather buy a desent make plasma,if i could get one for 4 or 5 hundred quid,im 50 next year,and i carnt work with crap tools any more,my head goes !
(working with crap gear is a young mans job,same as training apprentices ! )

i have an old 1915 torrington belt drive laith in mi shed,and it still turns true

cheers

steve

 

[English Steve]

Italian ? jobs here seem to have a reasonable name, and buying from a reputable UK dealer gets you a realistic warranty.

 

[steve--o]

hi
thanks for the info,the more i read on the chino man ones on here,the more relived i am i havent bought one,

that is unless we get sombody on the thread saying that thay bought model x 3 years ago,from mr A and its been great ?

i suppose if thay go down to 50 quid on e bay,i can always take a chance ,and if it does go nits up ,pop down to the med,on sunday morning and throw it in our local harbour for he fish to have a go with

cheers

steve

 

[Wozzaaah]

Italian ? jobs here seem to have a reasonable name, and buying from a reputable UK dealer gets you a realistic warranty.

That's the one I've got, the Plasmatec 41, got mine from our very own Weldequip .

 

[steve--o]

yep that looks the real deal,can you tel me how long you have owned the cutter,how often you use it,ie daily workshop use or just hobbie.
cheers
steve

 

[Wozzaaah]

I've had it for a year or so. It's only for hobby use so I''ve not really used it much but for what it's done so far I'm pleased with it.

 

[steve--o]

thanks for the info,if thairs any other folks out thair ,with any recomendations,all advice /input welcome.

just out of intrest,i use a boc 1978 transmig 130,on pub gas still welds all day if you need it to,and the only fault ive had was the wire motor circuit board failed,once in 30 years (cost 45 quid to mend 15 year ago )

thay dont meck stuff like thay used to

cheers
steve in an over cast,cold 6 deg almeria spain
happy x mass to all