Powermax 45xp dual torch

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Hi i want to buy a powermax 45xp and want to know if anyone buy one with dual torch the 75 and 15 degree or just 75 degree is ok and good enough.. Help me to choose


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Originally Posted by pekan

Hi i want to buy a powermax 45xp and want to know if anyone buy one with dual torch the 75 and 15 degree or just 75 degree is ok and good enough.. Help me to choose


                                                Thank you
Reply:Do learn from my mistake, read the instruction book. I got mine, and had to try it out. First project involved cutting aluminum Deck 1/4" diamond plate on 2 x 4 1/4 wall channel frame. I hung it up, so the cuts were horizontal at shoulder level. After an hour of being blasted with liquid aluminum, I figured out I had gouging hardware on it. It cut better with cutting consumables.An optimist is usually wrong, and when the unexpected happens is unprepared. A pessimist is usually right, when wrong, is delighted, and well prepared.
Reply:That’s pretty funny Willie.Lincoln, ESAB, Thermal Dynamics, Victor, Miller, Dewalt, Makita, Kalamzoo.  Hand tools, power tools, welding and cutting tools.
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Originally Posted by N2 Welding

That’s pretty funny Willie.
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Originally Posted by Willie B

Yup, I'm too smart to need instruction books. In my defense, the safety book is 300 pages. I had the choice of spending the short available time reading, or playing. Playing won.
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Originally Posted by Willie B

After an hour of being blasted with liquid aluminum, I figured out I had gouging hardware on it. It cut better with cutting consumables.
Reply:I've never used the gouging consumables, what would they be used for?

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Reply:Normally removing old weld, or in a repair, where it is essential to leave a portion of the fractured surface to index placement, you can V out one side, weld it, then gouge to open the other side for a full penetration. I'd guess it might work to bevel off the face for a weld joint. They are now offering a flush cut set for the 45XP for removing something like a T joint. I haven't tried that yet. I have a couple hundred frame rivets to remove on a former fire truck.Bob Moffat of Weld.com did a video on it.An optimist is usually wrong, and when the unexpected happens is unprepared. A pessimist is usually right, when wrong, is delighted, and well prepared.
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Originally Posted by MetalMan23

I've never used the gouging consumables, what would they be used for?
Reply:These rivets are upset. I don't know the process, whether cold or red hot. They are inserted, clamped, and peened. The shank of the rivet is shaped like a whiskey barrel. Two techniques I've had some success are:           Drill through, then open with an acetylene torch, once at least one spot is open, it can be punched with a drift.                    Drill much of the way, enlarge the holes with bigger drill until one side is open, then drift. This is slowest, but has the most reliable result.An optimist is usually wrong, and when the unexpected happens is unprepared. A pessimist is usually right, when wrong, is delighted, and well prepared.
Reply:I have the 45XP and i bought a machine torch and the hand torch that comes with it. it is very useful as this is the only plasma I have and the quick change is awesome for going from plasma table to hand cutting