Hi all, I'm looking at buying an r-tech plasma cutter p50hf. Is there anything in the same price range that anyone would recommend instead? Thanks in advance
The Eastwood gets good reviews as it has pilot arc. I have an hf start plasma I'm trying to shift at the moment, no pilot arc, and that is a pain when you want to cut rusty or painted metal.
Thanks for the reply HughF which model is it? The R-tech does have pilot arc & its £714 is the Eastwood cheaper? I want to cut mesh also which benefits from having pilot arc doesn't it?
Everything benefits from pilot arc... I think the Eastwood is called the versacut but I'm not sure. I see the r-tech does have pilot arc which is good, the 'hf' in the model threw me. I think the Eastwood is around 500 quid but it is 40 amp.
@ £200 cheaper it's worth a look then! Would love a hypertherm but funds won't allow & it's more of a hobby at the moment. Also need to get a compressor to.
I have an Eastwood Versacut 40A plasma cutter and would recommend it. The first time I tried it was on a rusty piece of pipe. I had to grind the rust back for the earth clamp for obvious reasons but the plasma coped fine with cutting through the rust. It's slightly cheaper on their eblag page than on their website. The torch on the plasma is a copy of the Trafimet / Cebora CB50 and uses the same consumables.
I purchased the rtech 30 amp one a while back. Much nicer to use than my friends 30amp clarke unit, but i would like some more power from it for cutting thicker stuff.
It says [x] mm severance cut, but even on 4mm, its slow going, esp on old metal without a perfectly smooth surface - if the torch catches, and then jumps (ie you run too quick for an instant) you need to go back over it.
For thin steel its a dream though - just like writing with a pen.
Overall im happy, but, the unit suggested about is 1/3 as much power again (on paper) and that, to me, would be desirable.