Re: Choosing plasma cutter
I would highly recommend the Hypertherm brand. I have owned both the Thermal Dynamics A80 and Hypertherm Powermax 85. Absolutely no comparison between the two. I also do a lot of cutting on 1/4" plate. I have found that 65 amps works best. I ended up choosing the Powermax 85 because of duty cycle. We cut for extended periods of time and we wanted to be able to cut at 100 percent duty cycle.
Re: Choosing plasma cutter
Hi, We have been operating Hypertherm plasma power sources for years. Great machines that have been very good machines for us.
We have over the years had other plasma power sources in the shop and we still have a Miller 2050 with a thermal dynamics 1 torch that works good, that said when we need another plasma power source it will be Hypertherm there technology pretty much leads the others.
Mike.