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what a tool !
« on: 09 September 2011, 08:27:30 »
bought a plasma cutter the other week - what a great piece of kit that is. It'll cut 12mm steel and do it in such a cool manner that you can use paper templates without burning them.

I cut two holes in the parcel shelf of my MV6 last night for the BOSE speakers - didn't even need to cover the carpet or the seats up. Just zapped around a paint tin lid
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« Reply #1 on: 09 September 2011, 08:31:15 »
Sounds fun!
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« Reply #2 on: 09 September 2011, 08:58:36 »
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Sounds fun!

oh yes - as the man from plasmaopart said, "there'll not be a thing about the workshop without a hole in it"

I even managed to cut a the top off a coke can without spilling any - and was still able to drink it afterwards.
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« Reply #3 on: 09 September 2011, 09:28:01 »
never heard of it..  but seems a useful tool for many jobs.. :y
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« Reply #4 on: 09 September 2011, 09:29:06 »
OOP! New toy. 8-)
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« Reply #5 on: 09 September 2011, 09:41:19 »
I have used them a few times in the past and I am very tempted to get myslef one.

What sort did you go for (in case I feel the need to treat myself!)
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« Reply #6 on: 09 September 2011, 13:22:45 »
I want one. Purely as a replacement for Sammy Sledgehammer.
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« Reply #7 on: 09 September 2011, 13:46:50 »
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I want one. Purely as a replacement for Sammy Sledgehammer.


I'd love to see the 'post strop results'  ;D ;D ;D
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« Reply #8 on: 09 September 2011, 13:47:31 »
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I want one. Purely as a replacement for Sammy Sledgehammer.


I'd love to see the 'post strop results'  ;D ;D ;D
Depends if it was the OOF server pissing me off ;)
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« Reply #9 on: 09 September 2011, 13:52:07 »
Whatever was pissing you off would likely be in 2 halves! at least!
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Whatever was pissing you off would likely be in 2 halves! at least!

.. as long as it wasn't plastic... Like a printer, to pull an example out of absolutely nowhere at all. ::)
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« Reply #11 on: 09 September 2011, 14:03:47 »
Ive just got this mental image of TBE resting on its front and rear bumpers, interior open to the elements  ;D
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« Reply #12 on: 09 September 2011, 14:13:01 »
It'd be a damn site easier to remove the autobox sump with such a tool.  Refitting may take some planning.....
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« Reply #13 on: 09 September 2011, 14:18:57 »
A friend of mine bought one off ebay (here's a warning to you all to avoid suspiciously cheap tools ;)) - all 'CE' marked and so on..

Reading the manual, I commented that it's rated draw was considerably above 13A (at least 16A, more like 21A though), yet it's fitted with a 13A plug & flex..

On opening the plug we found a 19A fuse (I didn't even know they made those) with a bar soldered across it - essentially, a bolt in place of a fuse  :o

'CE marked' my left bottom cheek.
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« Reply #14 on: 09 September 2011, 14:19:57 »
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Ive just got this mental image of TBE resting on its front and rear bumpers, interior open to the elements  ;D


sommat like

http://www.toolsnob.com/pictures/lenox_blades_car.jpg
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