Any advice on cutting square tube?

[EmptyNester]

As I said earlier in this thread - based on everybody's advice, I got an Evolution saw. It worked great for the welding cart I made.

I still wanted to try my plasma, but started on angle for my motor mount project. Here's a picture of the wood template I made and the results of a cut.



The initial cuts were really messy, but that's due to my inexperience with the torch. However, got better with every cut until it got reasonably clean. Still not as good as the saw, but I'm guessing I could get it even better with more practice.

[everlastsupport]

As I said earlier in this thread - based on everybody's advice, I got an Evolution saw. It worked great for the welding cart I made.

I still wanted to try my plasma, but started on angle for my motor mount project. Here's a picture of the wood template I made and the results of a cut.



The initial cuts were really messy, but that's due to my inexperience with the torch. However, got better with every cut until it got reasonably clean. Still not as good as the saw, but I'm guessing I could get it even better with more practice.

Make sure you have dry air and plenty of amp to move fast, should come out nice and clean. Not like the Evolution saw, but fast. Save that blade for important projects.

Which Evolution did you get? Looking at (think it was Rage 3) 10" mitre. Wish Amazon would take paypal.

[EmptyNester]

Make sure you have dry air and plenty of amp to move fast, should come out nice and clean. Not like the Evolution saw, but fast. Save that blade for important projects.

Which Evolution did you get? Looking at (think it was Rage 3) 10" mitre. Wish Amazon would take paypal.

I ended up going for the Fury3 with a smaller blade (8 1/4") because it was a sliding compound mitre saw. I liked the added versatility and it was only $150. I figured I could replace my non-sliding compound mitre saw I use for wood with it. Haven't tried it on wood though.

When cutting the channel, I realized that I didn't have the power high enough initially (it was around 20 amps). That made a big difference as I could cut much faster and clean at 30 amps. (That was the last one I cut.) It did make me realize I need a lot of practice, but don't yet have scrap to practice with. But, at least I'm past the "scared of it" stage and at the "healthy respect" stage

I use the air dryer that came with the PP50. I had been on the fence about adding another one. Would you recommend that? If so, any particular style/type/model?