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Puny Bird
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: Port Hope (near Toronto) On, Canada
Posts: 4,566
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Plasma cutters need clean dry air, combo units use the same valve for TIG (argon) and plasma (air) so they need super clean dry air. Without dry air the valve will F-up PDQ and the cheap combo units will become a paperweight.
Regulators, driers, filters, electrical, argon, tank, tips (consumables) can easily double the cost of a plasma more for a TIG combo.
For plasma the consumables are expensive.
The best China unit is the Everlast, I wouldn't buy one for a heavy production shop running it 40+ hours week, but great for a small fab shop.
I have an Everlast 256.
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Last edited by Mark Henry; 12-20-2017 at 05:14 AM..
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