Bought an Import 60 Amp Dual Voltage Plasma (w/ Pilot Arc)

[Bob La Londe]

I had a similar thought. On one of my small CNC mills the pins were actually putting a slight bind on one of the bearing carriers for a ball screw when...

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Yup! Same here. Also sometimes with electric strikes....

[Bob La Londe]

Just had 4 stock pieces of 3/4x3 and 4 pieces 3/4-1/8wall tube dropped off Friday from Coast. Saved a huge amount over anybody else and all the stock...

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I don't know the HF welders, but my AHP (AC/DC Pulse) TIG (&stick) has start & end amps settings that comes in handy when using the finger switch....

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I've got a buddy to this day who thinks that. Its funny really. He's not stupid. He has invented a couple small things, and made product improvements...

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$50 hr sounds like a bare minimum, but it really depends on if you want the work or not. Look at the job, try to get them to pin it down to exactly what...

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Wow! Coast Aluminum. Cool beans. Relatively small order. Cheaper than Midwest and they run a truck though Yuma every other week. Minimal drop charge....

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I just called Midwest. The person I spoke with hesitantly said they are taking 3-5 days to "process" orders, and then she tacked on, "and...

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Mine came with a roller attachment. I may try it again after I fix it, but with the screws snugged down it fell right off....

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They say 60% duty cycle. Maybe. We were doing testing on 3/8 by 3 mild steel flat bar. We never had any issues that felt like instability from overheating...

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On 110V it would cut 1/8 "ok" and 1/4 with some headache. 3/8 I wouldn't even call severing.

On 220V it cut 1/8 and 1/4 decently,...

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Ok. I read the OPs post, and I read some of the back and forth.

The first thing is to see how work hardened it is. I was told that due...

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I can't say specifically about the drills your vendor is offering, but I seem to recall 3 flute drills being not good for hard materials and much better...

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For adults I like a heavy stainless steel bolt action pen with a Space Pen refill. For kids or younger people it really should be tailored around their...

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Yep. Pretty much. Just describing quicky fixes and what I hope now is a longer lasting fix. A simple cone made of acetal seems to work great for a...

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P.S. Any Quincy fans out there who are offended, sorry. The 3.5/80 I looked at looked like the compressor could have been cast in the same foundry as...

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I've been running an 80 gallon prosumer grade 3.5hp compressor in the shop for a while. Its up to the job, but bigger would be better. I'm not going to...

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I have a similar Harbor Freight bandsaw and it works ok. Maybe I didn't expect much since I moved up from a Harbor Freight 4x6. *(I still have and sometimes...

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Was just going to make similar comments. Seems like the cheapo charge is a test before the larger fraudulent charge....