CNC Plasma Consumable Life: When to Replace Your Electrode and Nozzle One of the easiest ways to waste money CNC plasma cutting is replacing consumables too frequently. One of the easiest ways to ruin otherwise good parts is waiting too long to replace them. The challenge is figuring out when your consumables are actually worn […]
CNC Plasma Kerf Compensation: Why Your Parts Are the Wrong Size Have you ever designed a part in CAD, cut it on your CNC plasma table, and discovered that the finished part was slightly smaller than it should have been? Or maybe you’re cutting a hole for a bolt, only to discover that the bolt […]
How Amperage, Cut Speed, and Tip Size Work Together in CNC Plasma Cutting A plasma cutter has a lot of settings, but three of the most important are closely connected: Amperage Cutting speed Tip size The mistake is treating them as three independent settings. They are a system. If you change amperage without considering the […]
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