Home Made $260 Plasma Cutter

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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..

Please note that in this schematic the inductor and water resistor needs swaping, otherwise it will not work!. The resistor can not be in the torch wire it must be in the work clamp wire.

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Home Made $260 Plasma Cutter

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  • why would an arc ...

    why would an arc create more heat?

    whats the theory behind it?

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  • that's impossible. ...

    that's impossible. metal offers way less resistance than humans do, so the electricity will always go through the metal.

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  • Interested were to ...

    Interested were to find more info ? please replay !
    thanks

    By cruiserboy811 [Affiliate User] 1215490774 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • youre a plasma cut ...

    youre a plasma cut above the rest. thanks for being my frind.

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  • What's the song?

    What's the song?

    By IamTheEtherealOne [Affiliate User] 1214584738 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • ..and always work ...

    ..and always work with one hand in your pocket so you dont accidentally touch something and move current from one hand to the other across your hart., lol

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  • Or any other metal.

    Or any other metal.

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  • It *might be ...

    It *might be illegal to sell such a device to an individual as its not listed with URL and never will be as it might kill.. There are industrial processed using this exact method. Perfectly legal to build one for your self.

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  • Induction heating

    Induction heating

    By cheaphardwarez [Affiliate User] 1214252652 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Gouging. It works, ...

    Gouging. It works, but its not neat enough or focused enough to cut exact parts.

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  • Your instrument ...

    Your instrument would burn up. Plasma to to hot to keep in contact with anything. Thats why they try to use magnetic bottles in fusion.

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  • Couldnt u use this ...

    Couldnt u use this to cut the hinges of a door?

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  • inteeeereeeesteeeed

    inteeeereeeesteeeed

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  • whats the name of ...

    whats the name of the song?

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  • Very interesting. A ...

    Very interesting. A friend of mine built his own ACHF unit for his TIG Welder. This is just what I have been looking for as I am retired now and can't justify the Oxy acetylene set any more. I use MAPP gas for most small heating tasks. One of these will be great as I already have the diodes,heatsinks & capacitors. Thankyou for sharing your information.

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