For many four-wheelers, building our rigs is almost as much fun as driving them. There are many really unique and functional rigs built in the home shop. The adage that "real Jeeps are built, not ...

Plasma is superheated, compressed air that ionizes to form a conductive gas. This gas conducts electricity from the torch of the plasma cutter to the work piece, through a electrode and copper nozzle ...

1.What Is Plasma Cutting? Plasma cutting is the first form of cutting that was developed in the 1950s as an alternative to flame cutting. Plasma cutting involves firing a superheated, electrically ...

After nearly 4 years, I finally got my hands on the Stahlwerk Plasma Cutter! This machine cut through a 15mm metal sheet in a flash, so fast I had to capture it in slow motion to show you the ...

A plasma cutter looks similar to an arc welder, but instead of joining metals, the job here is to cut through them quickly and accurately. We’ve been looking at the technical aspects so we can help ...

In This Project, I Built A Mini Skid Steer Snow Plow Using A Plasma Cutter, Showcasing The Entire Process From Metal ...

For one-off projects or prototypes it’s not uncommon for us to make do with whatever workspace we have on hand. Using a deck railing as an impromptu sawhorse, for example, is one that might be ...

There’s no reason to use a hacksaw in a modern farm shop. Cutting metal on a farm often used to involve either an oxy-acetylene torch, a hacksaw or tin snips. If a shop was “high-tech,” it might have ...

[Metal Massacre Fab Shop] has a review of a portable plasma cutter that ends up being a very good demonstration of exactly what these tools are capable of. If you’re unfamiliar with this kind of work, ...