Home Made $260 plasma cutter

	Duration: 02:19 minutes Upload Time: 2007-11-20 23:17:10 User: cheaphardwarez :::: Favorites :::: Top Videos of Day
Description: Simple & powerful plasma cutter that you can build at home for under $300! It cuts up to 1/2 inch steel. This is what I made to cut sheets of 316 stainless for building hho cells. It makes cutting stainless like cutting butter. I found that 4x8 foot sheets of 316 cost only $150 so I needed a way to slice them up. Please be aware that there is an error in the schematic at the end which will keep it from working correctly. This video was made in a hurry. I will post some move videos with all the correct info if anyone cares. Engineers told me it was to hard to do and it would take them a year to design a plasma cutter. However, if plasma cutting was invented by accident during world war two then I knew I could do it on purpose. A home made torch head is super cheap, however I choose a replacement torch head because they have better air nozzle control and make a smoother cut; $125 of the price was spent on the "replacement" torch head. I have sold plans in the past, but really this is just to good of a tool to not let everyone know how to build one. So this is my gift to the DIY community..
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sirHOAX ::: Favorites  2007-11-21 16:26:59 That is simply amazing. Honestly, it cuts better than my Miller Plasma Cutter I bought commercially for a large sum of money. Again, excellent work. Thanks for the know-how and the insight. +1 for the builders network! Regards, sirHOAX __________________________________________________
Kevo510 ::: Favorites  2007-11-22 08:43:42 i want to build one, that was awesome __________________________________________________
cheaphardwarez ::: Favorites  2007-11-23 19:39:18 Build one! It is one of the most rewarding projects I ever made. __________________________________________________
Kevo510 ::: Favorites  2007-11-23 22:07:07 Where did you get the schematics to make yours?? __________________________________________________
cheaphardwarez ::: Favorites  2007-11-24 00:00:21 I designed it my self. Through theory and trian & error I think I have found the best preformance vs price. It can easly be scaled up. Solid state switching could make this perfect, but Im not sur its worth it. Keep it simple! __________________________________________________
Kevo510 ::: Favorites  2007-11-24 02:23:52 thats awesome, good work man. __________________________________________________
dulcajack ::: Favorites  2007-11-26 08:31:45 Awesome.***** Jack __________________________________________________
tammicooksforyou ::: Favorites  2007-11-27 15:59:29 Wicked awesome! __________________________________________________