That noise after trying to start cutting after swapping consumables is normal according hypertherm it’s a “ready to cut” signal. Instead of restarting everything, just hit start again and the arc will fire.
When you changed out your consumables on the plasma cutter, you really should reboot yoru plasma cutter. Mine wont fire after a consumable change without power cycling the cutter. You have the XP so yours may be different
Thanks for the info, This machine won't fire after sitting idle 10 minutes or so, pretty frustrating but it is a low level cheap machine, thinking about going to 6x12 pro in the future possibly.
Maybe another text would be to cut some open contour straight lines with both consumables, remove the dross from the back and compare the kerf with some feeler gauges
Not a bad Idea, but I don't expect to see any difference as these are exact copies of the Hypertherm parts. There is another company here in the USA making them as well I think. I wonder how they stay out of trouble.
in my case it lasted a year using Chinese consumables and they ended up damaging my torch. The main problem is with the electrodes as they have an ASMIO soul and the Chinese ones are of poor quality. Regarding the mouthpieces if there is no problem, the Chinese ones last a little less but they work perfectly.
I have never used aftermarket electrodes, I don't see them as available as the nozzles. I don't really trust them anyway. The nozzles work fine but I tend to keep plenty of Hypertherm stuff too. I was just playing around to see if there was a difference.
As a plate cutter non user we have to say the power you can get to cut through steel with really good accuracy is amazing to us as machinists how see everything through the eyes of say and end-mill. We seen some of your work on this channel earlier and you do nice work.
Yes, I have A mill and lathe as well and I tend to think of this as precision even though it's really not a precise operation. I love getting down to fine details. Thanks so much for watching my fun.
Nice! looks like you have your tabled dialed in really well. I think the issue with the aftermarket consumables is random quality issues. I know Travis McElroy got a batch of electrodes and some of them were missing the spring in the plunger, and others have had random 0-30 error codes. I would think the nozzles would work fine, not alot to go wrong, but the electrodes could give more problems because of the more complex design and spring actuation being critical
I don't really need electrodes, they last a long time. I made part two this morning on 45a nozzles and sheild, both worked exactly the same. As you saw the measurements I done were Identical. I mean lets be real they are exact copies of Hypertherm's. So many people are Sheep following scare tactics of warranty stuff. I have my own brain to figure things out.
That noise after trying to start cutting after swapping consumables is normal according hypertherm it’s a “ready to cut” signal. Instead of restarting everything, just hit start again and the arc will fire.
When you changed out your consumables on the plasma cutter, you really should reboot yoru plasma cutter. Mine wont fire after a consumable change without power cycling the cutter. You have the XP so yours may be different
Thanks for the info, This machine won't fire after sitting idle 10 minutes or so, pretty frustrating but it is a low level cheap machine, thinking about going to 6x12 pro in the future possibly.
Maybe another text would be to cut some open contour straight lines with both consumables, remove the dross from the back and compare the kerf with some feeler gauges
Not a bad Idea, but I don't expect to see any difference as these are exact copies of the Hypertherm parts. There is another company here in the USA making them as well I think. I wonder how they stay out of trouble.
in my case it lasted a year using Chinese consumables and they ended up damaging my torch. The main problem is with the electrodes as they have an ASMIO soul and the Chinese ones are of poor quality. Regarding the mouthpieces if there is no problem, the Chinese ones last a little less but they work perfectly.
I have never used aftermarket electrodes, I don't see them as available as the nozzles. I don't really trust them anyway. The nozzles work fine but I tend to keep plenty of Hypertherm stuff too. I was just playing around to see if there was a difference.
As a plate cutter non user we have to say the power you can get to cut through steel with really good accuracy is amazing to us as machinists how see everything through the eyes of say and end-mill. We seen some of your work on this channel earlier and you do nice work.
Yes, I have A mill and lathe as well and I tend to think of this as precision even though it's really not a precise operation. I love getting down to fine details. Thanks so much for watching my fun.
Nice! looks like you have your tabled dialed in really well. I think the issue with the aftermarket consumables is random quality issues. I know Travis McElroy got a batch of electrodes and some of them were missing the spring in the plunger, and others have had random 0-30 error codes. I would think the nozzles would work fine, not alot to go wrong, but the electrodes could give more problems because of the more complex design and spring actuation being critical
I don't really need electrodes, they last a long time. I made part two this morning on 45a nozzles and sheild, both worked exactly the same. As you saw the measurements I done were Identical. I mean lets be real they are exact copies of Hypertherm's. So many people are Sheep following scare tactics of warranty stuff. I have my own brain to figure things out.