[kycarguy 935]

For time comparison I cut some parts to make a parallel clamp. I just now measured the total distance of the cut and was close to 11" and close to an inch thick. Not sure of the exact type of steel but was told it was really good tool steel, the best we had in the shop. Each side took about 4 and a half hours to burn. After I was finished I put it on the surface grinder and gave it a nice sheen. Before I was finished I polished it up with a buffing wheel. It was real easy and didn't take long to polish up the areas just cut.

As far as the wire comes in large spools and its about $100.00 a spool. I think the wire spools are measured by weight. I'm not sure how much it uses but not much. We haven't changed a spool for awhile and when I was done it didn't look like much was gone.

The good thing about this machine is you set it up and go work on another machine. When I was working on this I was also cutting a aluminum block on a Bridgeport CNC and cutting a custom auto body dolly on the engine lathe.