EddyP
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My plasma arrived yesterday, so i've been having a play, its one of your lovely cheapo chinese ones, but with a built in TIG too.
I think it's got a castle tip on the torch, has a cross in the face of it, then under this is the electrode, the machine specs say it has HF start.
Initially couldn't get anything to happen, top teh castle tip off and tried touching the electrode onto the work piece, and there was action, so assumed maybe the gap between the electrode and castle tip was too great, wound the electrode out a bit and had another go, now i can get it to start if I touch the work, but as soon as i move slightly away it stops, its really really difficult to keep it going, I did manage to get it going once, and it wouldn't cut, just heated it up, in fairness I was in teh middle of a piece rather than at the edge tho.
Any suggestions please?
Thanks
I think it's got a castle tip on the torch, has a cross in the face of it, then under this is the electrode, the machine specs say it has HF start.
Initially couldn't get anything to happen, top teh castle tip off and tried touching the electrode onto the work piece, and there was action, so assumed maybe the gap between the electrode and castle tip was too great, wound the electrode out a bit and had another go, now i can get it to start if I touch the work, but as soon as i move slightly away it stops, its really really difficult to keep it going, I did manage to get it going once, and it wouldn't cut, just heated it up, in fairness I was in teh middle of a piece rather than at the edge tho.
Any suggestions please?
Thanks