Im thinking of buying a plasma cutter to do some fabrication work at home. Just light duty car type stuff. Most i want to spend is around $1000. Most models in this price range seem to cut up to 16mm plate which is ample for what i want.

anybody got any good/bad experiences with different brands?

cheers fellas

do CIG make them?

used CIG for years, awesome gear.

would love a cig miller or lincoln but there pretty exxy. just want a cheapy for home..

I dont think you will get much worthwhile for 1k. I got myself a Thermal Dynamics Cutmaster 101 for 4k and although this can cut something like 30mm plate I still think I should have spent extra and got the next size up. They have their uses but nothing beats a good CNC laser cut.

This is the size i have in mind. 16mm is ample for the auto body work i want to do...

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Brand-New-3-in-1-Pl...1QQcmdZViewItem

I recently bought a boc unit that cuts upto 16mm absolutly fantastic unit, I got the optional drag tip instead of the std style tip with the spring on it and a good variety of spares for $969.00 most other brands where twice the price.

I recently bought a boc unit that cuts upto 16mm absolutly fantastic unit, i got the optional drag tip instead of the std style tip with the spring on it and a good variety of spares for $969.00 most other brands where twice the price.

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thanks for the tip make. got a model number or specs on it? where did you pick it up form?

cheers

Luke

BOC possibly

What are you building?

Transplanting a firewall and section of floor from a wrecked 4wd into another 4wd drive so i can run a different trans and later model dash/aircon etc. Plus some general fab stuff brackets etc.

I recently bought a boc unit that cuts upto 16mm absolutly fantastic unit, I got the optional drag tip instead of the std style tip with the spring on it and a good variety of spares for $969.00 most other brands where twice the price.

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thanks for the tip make. got a model number or specs on it? where did you pick it up form?

cheers

Luke :

Luke as tabitha said I got it from boc not sure if there still on special I think the model is a boc40 they also do a boc80 that will cut 30mm from memory it was around double the price!