Hobart plasma cutter - WooHoo!!!

[Sentrek]

I just got a Hobart Airforce 250a plasma cutter in excellent physical and working condition for $400 (craigslist). The guy I bought it from thought something was wrong with it because he would hold the torch in the air and the arc? Would stop after 3 or 4 seconds. So I bought it, got it home, hooked the ground to the workpiece like you are suppose to and what ya know... Works great. man I love craigslist!

Shot at 2012-02-17

Shot at 2012-02-17

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Dimwit. (him, not you) You, you're lucky! Me, jealous.

 

[Sentrek]

yeah, I was thrilled, he was asking $600 but I talked him down to $400. Now I just have to practice cutting with it.....

 

[Doc Sprocket]

Tip #1- Don't expect too much holding the torch up in the air...

 

[Sentrek]

Lol....right! I've never used one but I knew what the problem was right away.

 

[crazzywolfie]

patience is a must when cutting. don't go too fast and you should be good. if you plan on cutting lots of straight lines on flat steel you should see about getting a straight piece of angle iron and some vise grip or c-clamps to hold it down.

 

[bighead]

I want one so bad.

 

[Sentrek]

Yeah, I have been looking for about a year. Timing was perfect on this one as we got a little bit of a tax return so I had $300 towards it. I was desperately trying to avoid buying a cheap Chinese one so this couldn't have worked out any better. Now I just need to get a work cart so I don't have to crawl around on the floor to cut stuff.

 

[daniel5]

Nice cutter, you'll have to post some pictures of the work you do with it.
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[Br@ndoM@n]

U got hell of a deal there boss. I wonder if the guy knew that holding the thing in the air kills the consumables and its probably a feature to keep idiots from doing that. Does it have a airfilter and water trap installed? if not get one.