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| shipto:
I will chip in my little bit of experience with plasma cutters re built in compressors. I convinced my bosses to invest in plasma and do away with the oxy-acetylene equipment, so first off we brought a draggun 35c? and it was fine except it used a lot of consumables and I noticed when it was starting there was plenty of moisture in the air flow probably imho the reason it used consumables so much. now we have a cutmaster ?? which requires a seperate air supply and right away I noticed much (by a long way) longer consumable life and even a slightly better cut but that could be down to it being a tad more powerful than the draggun, not that I ever used either to the limits of their capabilities. So even though you would get better portability from a self contained unit I think it comes with a cost. |
| JD:
Thanks for your quick reply's John, portability's not really necessary, so compressor less will save a few green beer tokens I suppose. jb3cx, I think whether it has an on board/separate compressor you are still going to have the same problem if one of the functions goes belly up you wont be able to use the cutter. Pete W, I haven't bought a machine yet just testing the waters. shipto, that's interesting could it have been that the on board filter was not big enough, that is worth taking into consideration when I buy my machine. Thanks John W |
| mfletch:
Clean air is essential with plasma cutters I use 2 filters as far away from the compressor as possible; I would go for a plasma cutter and separate compressor, not as portable but think the plasma cutter would be better quality plus you can use air tools as well :scratch: |
| JD:
mfletch, Seems consumables suffer from moisture so with shipto and your hands on experience I think I will go with a separate compressor, my air system already has 2 filters so would be easy to add another for the plasma cutter. John W |
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