Plasma cutter fairy art

[waterfordjim]

I make a plasma sculpture of a great big P E N I S ! -It CAME out beautiful. :-)

[ww321]

My God ! you have a steady hand ! That's cool , good job ! :)

[lexichronicle2]

"Now precise enough to trace a nipple!"

[aaronfu2]

Nice

I'd hit it

[BarnCatDesigns]

Very nice work....very impressed. I've been cutting for awhile and know how tricky it is to follow a line...lol

[patriciaketchup]

i made a batman symbol once :)

[freddytk421]

@patriciaketchup That's funny. I used to draw those all over my books and everywhere when I was a kid. Batman Rulez!

[Sylvia441]

what size & kind of metal is that you are using?

Also, are you using 2 diffrent types of cutters? One sounds quieter then the other, what kind are they?

[freddytk421]

16 ga hot rolled steel same plasma cutter it's just the air compressor kicks in and it's loud.

[RawkStarrPrincess]

Beautiful! I just tried out our plasma cutter yesterday and I am in love! I have a question, I am actually touching the metal with the tip of the cutter, is this bad? I cant seem to get a steady hand yet unless I do this. I guess it takes practice. So far I made a mermaid for the bathroom and a Halloween wind chime for the kids.

[freddytk421]

some tips are called drag tips and you have to touch those to the metal. They usualy have a more bluted tip than the normal ones. I think dragging the tip is fine as long as you don't have the amps too high.

[patriciaketchup]

@RawkStarrPrincess

well when you touch the tip to the metal it

burns it out a lot faster then if you keep it

just barley away from the metal, try using

your left arm as a base instead of having

both hands holding the gun in the air

hope this helps :)

[raphaelvilamiu]

well done!

[dnahoghunter]

Wow, wish I had the cool tools. Just junk but I do what I can.

[jcorsaro]

Nice, I have always though of getting a plasma cutter, but I don't think I would use it much, and can not justify the cost. I need to cut some dog silhouette out of 3/8" plate to make book end holders for my sisters birthday, I might give it a go free hand with my cutting torch, or pay to have it cut on a CNC plasma table or water jet machine.

[freddytk421]

They are expensive but the prices are comming down. Luckily I managed to get this plasma cutter for a big robot statue and it didn't work when I first got it. but I changed the plug and it turned into a light sabre.

[DuttonWebb]

"approximately 30,000 F (16,649 C) and moving at 20,000 feet per second (6,096 m/sec) " - howstuffworks website

[Greathome2]

nice drawing freddy

[freddytk421]

thanks

[DuttonWebb]

dude, 50,000 degrees = scary shit

[freddytk421]

anything over 250 degrees is scary . but what are you talking about? is that how hot the arc is? it only gets that hot on a pinpoint you can actualy touch the metal with your hands almost right away because it dissipates so fast.

[freddytk421]

and an answer to your previous question yea plasma is better in all ways.