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Re: 95 Hard at work

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Originally Posted by sdcantrell56 View Post
What torch are you using? The cut quality looks very good
Hypertherm PowerMax 85A, running at 85A unshielded. We are fortunate in that one of our coaches is a Hypertherm engineer and can recognize when things aren't right.

Having him help out has been the difference between "man, this this sucks and does not make usable parts" and:



Seriously, the difference in 1/8in aluminum was +/- 0.03in tolerance if we were lucky and +/- 0.010-0.015in tolerance quite reliably. We don't have 1/4in cuts from the 'dark days'.

We still re-drill holes to clean them up though.
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