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vtsteam:
Anybody tried any of the  < $200 plasma cutters ( £ 150) ? I see a large number of seeming clones on Ebay and Amazon. If you have one, what's your experience? I've seen a couple YouTube vids, but wondered if I might hear from a real person about theirs.

btw, I already have a couple of cutting torches: acety and propane. Mainly interested in it for sheet metal cutting, and the small size of these units is appealing for the space I have available. Location flexibility of occasional 110v for thinner stuff is appealing. 220 otherwise. And the price also makes them a possibility.

Sea.dog:
I have a 30A one bought from LIDL ( a German supermarket chain) for £80. It works very well. In fact, it's a 40A machine but down-rated because of our plugs, which have to be fitted from the factory. Fit a 16A plug, tweak a pot and the job's done.

Pete.:
Graham where are the instructions on tweaking the 30a units to 40a? Reliable ones I mean?

I've been playing with a 100A one for the last couple of days, blasting through 25mm steel.

Sea.dog:
Hi Pete, there aren't any. However, if you look at the post on MigWelding, I did look inside mine and determined which of the pots need tweaking but, at the time I A). didn't have a suitable compressor and B). didn't have a DC clamp meter, so didn't try it myself. The original OP did and I believe that it worked OK.

Here it is - https://www.mig-welding.co.uk/forum/threads/lidl-parkside-30a-plasma-uk-13-02-2020.98311/page-6

My post is No. 114

RodW:
Personally, I will never buy a no name brand again. Stick to Hypertherm, Thermal Dynamics and ESAB. For hand use a cheap one may be ok but if you are considering CNC control, forget it!

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