My first decent cut....

[macdarren]

Well Everlast has continued to work with me to get my PP70 and it's operator up to speed. The holidays slowed us both down, however Mike from tech support was on the phone with me through-out the holiday even on Christmas day as I recall, but I think I am getting close. Here is a shot of what I would call my first clearly successful cut.

3/8 Mild Steel Plate.....you can also see some of my previous failed attempts on the same piece and on a thicker 3/4 inch piece in the background. Hopefully with a little more time and assistance my next 3/4 cut will look just like this 3/8s...I'll be a happy camper when that time comes...

[WAYNESWORLD]

It's getting there. What are you making?
Wayne

[Nateh]

From the looks of the 3/4" metal it looks like you need to up the amps just alittle more. What amps are you running and what air pressure are you running?

[performance]

It appears on the 3/4 cut a little too much standoff may have happened.

[macdarren]

I'm not really making anything except a mess and a few smaller pieces...
I'm working on a welding cart/table as my first project, I'll post some pictures once it starts to come together, had a little oops in the design so I am going to have to rework a couple things, right now it is just a bunch of cut up steel.

I'm still working on my technique, but I have been using the wheeled stand off to help keep me the right distance from the cutting surface. I have also found the the 1.3mm spare nozzles work much better than the 1.5 that came on the torch originally, at least for me....I'm going to probably order some 1.1s and see how that works on the lower power stuff, hoping for a decently thin kerf on heavier sheet metal.

Air pressure was 55-65PSI and output current on the gauge was 50-70A.

Darren

[Nateh]

I think I would try air pressure around 70-75psi and around 60amps. I think you said its a pp70. Also the larger tip will help cut the thicker stuff. The smaller tips, a little less air and less amps will work for the thinner stuff.

On my pp50 I run 65-75psi and 30amps for cutting 1/2 and 5/8Inch stuff.

[performance]

75 psi is too high. It is not recommended for several reasons, but the least of which, there has not been much evidence that anything will be improved with the cutting ability of the machine.

[Nateh]

Well i stand corrected. I thought it said not to run below 70psi. When I pull the trigger I am only flowing 65psi. I must of looked at it wrong. But if he was using a bigger tip then would that not help him in cutting the thicker stuff. Im used to running a different machine that ia larger then he has at work. Im still learning the everlast machine. Elso i do know that your cutting spend will alot slower when cutting thicker stuff.