[Metal Massacre Fab Shop] has a review of a portable plasma cutter that ends up being a very good demonstration of exactly what these tools are capable of. If you’re unfamiliar with this kind of work, ...

Plasma is superheated, compressed air that ionizes to form a conductive gas. This gas conducts electricity from the torch of the plasma cutter to the work piece, through a electrode and copper nozzle ...

Anyone working in a fabricating shop or machining operations comes face to face with a steady stream of science and technology every day. Speeds, feeds, calculations, and reactions — you have to be ...

If you've built a custom classic truck, chances are you've had to deal with cutting metal-it may have been removing or modifying something old or installing something new. And, if you're like most ...

Plasma cutters are a must-have for any metal shop and have been for years. Good cutters normally cost anywhere from $1,000 to $4,000, and have always been well worth the purchase when considering the ...

Affordable plasma cutters are becoming a popular step up from an angle grinder for cutting sheet metal in the home workshop, but cutting long straight lines can be laborious and less than accurate.

Plasma cutters have become one of the most useful tools in garages and home workshops, especially for anyone who works on automotive projects, metal fabrication, or DIY repairs. Unlike traditional ...

Little Shop of Physics has built a miniature plasma cutter using a pencil lead together with 4 x 9 volt batteries and a couple of clips allowing you to cut through aluminium foil. Watch the video ...

Plasma arc cutting (PAC) is a thermal cutting technique widely used in manufacturing applications such as shipbuilding, aerospace, fabrication, nuclear plants decommissioning, construction industry, ...

Wookiepedia, the Star Wars Wiki, says that lightsabers have no feel because the "blade" has no weight. All the heft is in the hilt. That means a lightsaber-wielder has no definitive sense of the light ...

Plasma cutters are a must-have for any metal shop and have been for years. Good cutters normally cost anywhere from $1,000 to $4,000, and have always been well worth the purchase when considering the ...

A plasma cutter looks similar to an arc welder, but instead of joining metals, the job here is to cut through them quickly and accurately. We’ve been looking at the technical aspects so we can help ...