Rudd
Stainless
- Joined
- Jul 30, 2003
- Location
- savannah, jaw-ja
I have a contract to repair a bunch of steel industrial windows in a guy's pretty nice house. He doesn't want to pull the windows out and so I can take them to the shop. So, I end up cutting out the rusted sills and parts of the jambs and welding in new shapes I have fabricated.
I have been using a 4 1/2" angle grinder and a dremel for the smaller stuff, but it would be nice if I could "surgically remove" parts - say where it hits a center jamb. The grinder throws sparks and grit all over the place, it is hard to shield it enough to keep the stuff off his floors etc.
To do what I want, the plasma torch would not always be at right angles to the work, and would really need to be able to cut into a corner, think cutting a piece of angle from the inside. The nose of the torch might make it where it isn't an optimal distance from the material as well.
I'm looking at the Thermal Dynamics 15C with built in compressor so I can run it from outlets in the house and not have to drag a tank around.. eventually I will be working on the second floor of the house.
The black lines represent the 1/8" thick steel shape, assume the lines are about 1" long. The red arrow illustrate what I think may be a problem.
Before I plunk down a kilo-buck, I thought I would ask.
Thanks for any advice.
I have been using a 4 1/2" angle grinder and a dremel for the smaller stuff, but it would be nice if I could "surgically remove" parts - say where it hits a center jamb. The grinder throws sparks and grit all over the place, it is hard to shield it enough to keep the stuff off his floors etc.
To do what I want, the plasma torch would not always be at right angles to the work, and would really need to be able to cut into a corner, think cutting a piece of angle from the inside. The nose of the torch might make it where it isn't an optimal distance from the material as well.
I'm looking at the Thermal Dynamics 15C with built in compressor so I can run it from outlets in the house and not have to drag a tank around.. eventually I will be working on the second floor of the house.
The black lines represent the 1/8" thick steel shape, assume the lines are about 1" long. The red arrow illustrate what I think may be a problem.
Before I plunk down a kilo-buck, I thought I would ask.
Thanks for any advice.