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    Oxy-fuel cutting a sprocket - GIF

    Oxy-fuel cutting a sprocket.




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    Don't need no stinking plasma, or LASER's with Frikkin sharks

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    Quote Originally Posted by mwmkravchenko View Post
    Don't need no stinking plasma, or LASER's with Frikkin sharks
    Plasma is about the worst thing to use when cutting thick metal and needing a perfectly perpendicular cut
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    Yep. Since the plasma stream is spinning it tends to run to one side. This leaves a pronounced bevel on one side of the cut.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
    Plasma is about the worst thing to use when cutting thick metal and needing a perfectly perpendicular cut
    Yup. Even waterjet cuts a wedge. Some of the higher end machines can tilt the head so that the finished side of the cut is perpendicular to the material (at the expense of the other side).

    I made a CNC flame cutter years ago. It was just a 2 axis machine though. It didn't have any of the fancy stuff like the ability to tilt the torch.

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    Actually I should have said a near perfectly perpendicular cur as even the kerf of an oxy fuel flame will show some variation in very thick metals such as in making cuts through metals over 6 or 8 inches thick. But with a properly cleaned tip and the correct mixture and pressure settings the variation is negligible
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    Unbelievable what a "clean" tip does, I worked with a welder who was a fanatic about having a clean tip. When he cut 1/2" plate you could cut yourself on the edge if you were not careful.

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