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I am in the process of ordering an Everlast SuperCut 50p unit and need ideas. Please post your projects or ideas you have been thinking about doing.Last edited by SWells; 01-28-2013 at 11:19 PM.Reason: typo in title
Reply:Not to hijack a thread, but if some of you could also show some templates and how you use them, I think it would help this thread.
Reply:that is a good idea with templates. I could print then do my best at copying over and freehand.
Reply:I don't have any specific projects to add but I would like to add some advice and tips.Don't dry fire your torch. Wear gloves and eye protection. Keep in mind that the torch does what ever you do, if you twitch, it will twitch. I have a Hypertherm and it only cuts about the width of a pencil line. I use a guide for straight cuts, I have a piece of 1/4" rod that I bend up for a jig to do radius' and sweeping curves. Keep the room well ventilated too, the stuff is not good for you to breath. I find the slag comes off easier if it cools first.I would like to add that I use mine all the time. I don't know how I ever got along with out one.
Reply:Plasma Project Post:A set of clamp on tractor bucket forks. The forks slip into the clamp assembly and pin in place. You can remove the 2" x 2" forks and use the clamp assembly with a standard 2" hitch and ball to move trailers around. The forks have been tested to safely lift and move up to 800 lbs. All of the 3/8" clamp components were cut with a Hypertherm Powermax85 on a PlasmaCam cnc machine, all of the square tubing pieces were cut to length and coped with a Powermax30 hand torch.Jim Colt Attached ImagesLast edited by jimcolt; 01-27-2013 at 08:46 AM.
Reply:while im attending school I do alot of plasma cutting on the side to make a little extra cash. People send me designs and I can blow them up in my projector and just trace onto metal and cut them out. All was done with a miller spectum 375 x-treme. Attached Images
Reply:Mike, that is a great tip on the use of the projector.  I do the same thing with my students at school for artwork.  We steal pictures off the web and blow them up and use them for contest projects.  With the plasma cutouts, you would have to remember to leave places of connections so your picture stays.Last edited by Crabo; 01-27-2013 at 02:18 PM.
Reply:yeah exactly. I find thats the hardest part sometimes. Takes a bit of planning before hand for sure. This was prob one of the more complicated ones. Just because I made it rather small everything was harder to keep pieces together. Just made it into a little lamp with a couple LED strips on the back in the inside. Other lamp was just one i made for a valentines day present. Pretty simple to put together and turned out pretty nice. Attached Images
Reply:Originally Posted by mike7466while im attending school I do alot of plasma cutting on the side to make a little extra cash. People send me designs and I can blow them up in my projector and just trace onto metal and cut them out. All was done with a miller spectum 375 x-treme.
Reply:yepp, all my stuff is done just by following marker lines. all free hand.
Reply:you do good work! How much do you get for these and what guage steel do you use?
Reply:ha thanks. For stuff like the skull I would get like $150 and its roughly 3x2. The Harley sign I get $200 for that and its also roughly 3x2. Pin-up girl I cant sell as thats the logo for the roller derby team where I live. Just made that one for show. I cut most out of 16 guage which runs at about $60 for a 4x8 sheet. So it actually works to be a pretty ncie profit lol. I could fit 4 harleys on one sheet so I could turn $60 worth of metal to $800 in my pocket  cant argue with that.
Reply:Here's a few, all freehand.This one I used the assembly instruction for my sons balsa wood model.TemplateMy Photos on Flickr
Reply:Heres a few I have done. All done freehand with an esab. If you cant fix it with a hammer, it must be an electrical problem."Boy, everyone starts with a full bag of luck and an empty bag of experience. The trick is to fill the bag of experience before the bag of luck is empty."-Grandad circa 1990ish
Reply:These are all very nice. I am really excited to be getting a plasma cutter soon. I hope to sell some harley and other designs at abate
Reply:@Mike Have you ever first cut in to a thicker peice of steel and used it for a master copy? That way you could lay that over your thinner stuff and drag the torch through and knock them out a bit faster. Just a thought, not sure how well it would work.
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Reply:plasma cut spreader bar Attached Images
Reply:Shelves for sunglasses / safety glasses.  Cut as a single piece and bent (two triangle sides come in and shelf surface comes up).  Initially, I just put some pieces of aluminum tape to hold the bottom to the sides, but I've been going back and replacing the tape with tack welds when I have the TIG on and remember to do it.  You could always modify the dimensions to fit a stack of post-it notes, a tape measure, can of beer, etc.  One improvement I would make is a small lip on the front to make sure nothing slides off accidentally. Attached Images
Reply:I got my supertcut 50p odered, cant wait
Reply:Very impressive.  I always like the free hand cut ones instead of CNC.  Free hand is a challenge.  I've done just a few but not to your standards.  Thanks, man.(Retired) Professional firefighter, amateur everything else I try to do...Oh yeah:  Go Big Red!   (You know: one of the 12 members of the Big 10 cuz we left the 10 members of the Big 12...)
Reply:I have an exhaust flange that I need to reproduce on a regular basis for turbo pipes I modify. I’d rather have a CNC table, but since I don’t I whipped together this little gem so I can make them consistent, one after another. I slide a flat bar of 3/8" x 4" through it (4th pic) and run the plasma torch around the perimeter of the template. I first cut the round center hole using a template that rests on the flange template and align with three 1/4" pins. Without moving the flat bar I take off the center-hole template and run the torch a second time around the flange perimeter template. It took a little "trial and error" to get the templates right, so I used the drops of my "errors" to build the frame that holds the final templates.As mentioned earlier, if you twitch it shows up in your cut and also if you "tilt" the torch the angle shows up; especially in thicker material. I made an adapter that fits snug onto the insulator of the torch so I can "ride the perimeter" of the template and maintain good perpendicular angle against the work so I get a straight cut all the way around.In the last pic, the flange on the left is the original “donut style” that gets replaced by the flange on the right. The new flange in the pic is just a practice drop from 16ga. Attached Images
Reply:Last minute decorating idea from the wife for Christmas decoration. Angle for frame - from 1- 1/2" bed frame stock. Front and back sheet - 12 gauge I had sitting here. Interior painted Rustoelum #7724 Sail Blue. Front face is gloss white. Lights are double run of blue colored globe/faceted LED from Menards. The lights are attached with zip ties around the interior perimiter. Font printed out and traced to sheet/plasma cut. Back panel stiched on. Fromt panel attached with 1/4" - 20 SS SHCS. Legs are rebar and pipe combination so elevation could be adjusted. Legs are welded to to shaft collars to adjust base width for stability.Wife went to pick it up and grunted from it's weight.  "Ya, but if some wants to abscond with it, they'll work at it", I replied.As soon as it was placed, it started to snow (streaks in pic). From street elevation and distance the lettering looks an even dark blue.It's not really finished yet, it's a prototype. I still have to paint the back exterior (in primer). Rework the legs. Rework the wiring so it doesn't show and get a ground connection incorporated into the wiring as the unit is all steel.  BUT, it looked good from the street! Esab Powercut 875. Airco Heliwelder (Miller 300AB/P). Milwaukee band saw and 4-1/2" grinder. Wilton drill press. DeWalt cordless drill (for taping threads). Attached Images
Reply:Originally Posted by Mick120A few obscure designs I knocked up about 6 years ago......gathering dust and rust....
Reply:I received my everlast today. It looks different then what was pictured on website and has a different name. I orered the supercut 50p and the one they sent says procut 50. Not sure of the difference because I dont see that model listed on their site. The case also has a ding and the knoe took a hit. I tested it out and it seems to be operating right. Here is a test cut. I need to practice a bit more!bottle opener Attached Images
Reply:I heated up the hulk and quenched in used motor oil Attached Images
Reply:Originally Posted by Mick120Yeah....right.I had an OMG member asking me to plasma cut 'bottle openers' just like that once.......No freakin way!!!!!!...
Reply:Originally Posted by makbootzy@Mike Have you ever first cut in to a thicker peice of steel and used it for a master copy? That way you could lay that over your thinner stuff and drag the torch through and knock them out a bit faster. Just a thought, not sure how well it would work.
Reply:Originally Posted by weldermike10/4 bro, same thing I was thinking. I know its just a cool project Mark and something to do, but it falls under the same felony charge as brass knuckles, gun  maybe worse with a blade on it. Sounds stupid, but Trust me, iv'e been in trouble for less. keep it in your garage!
Reply:Kansas - Article 42. Crimes Against the Public Safety;Weapons Control. Section 21-4201. Criminal use of weaponsis knowingly...(1) Selling, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing, orcarrying any... knife commonly referred to as aswitchblade knife, which has a blade that opensautomatically by hand pressure applied to a button,spring, or other device in the handle of the knife, or anyknife having a blade that opens or falls or is ejectedinto position by the force of gravity or by an outward,downward or centrifugal thrust or movement...(2) carrying concealed on one's person, or possessing thesame with intent to use unlawfully against another, adagger, dirk... dangerous knife, straight-edged razor,stiletto, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon orinstrument of like character, except that an ordinarypocket knife with no blade more than four inches in lengthshall not be construed to be a dangerous knife, or adangerous or deadly weapon or instrument.
Reply:Free hand from the web, to paper, to metal. Cleaned it up some with grinder. Primed and ready for what ever color mom wants. It might be one of those redneck signs for the yard so the squirrels know where to cross. haha.  questions and comments welcomed Attached ImagesJobSmart MIG125Lincoln AC225-SLincoln Pro-Mig 175Dewalt GrindersRidgid ChopsawIR Garage Mate CompressorAny thing worth doing, is worth doing right.
Reply:I got some time before class today so I cleaned up the shop and pulled out the saw blade I had in the shed and put some plasma to it. I need to get a clock kit for it and I will most likely put clear lacquer over it. Attached Images
Reply:Looks good, hadnt thought of making one into a clock. You dont mind that might be a project for me to play with.JobSmart MIG125Lincoln AC225-SLincoln Pro-Mig 175Dewalt GrindersRidgid ChopsawIR Garage Mate CompressorAny thing worth doing, is worth doing right.
Reply:They have to prove intent... no "unlawful intent", no crime.   Originally Posted by makbootzyKansas - Article 42. Crimes Against the Public Safety;Weapons Control. Section 21-4201. Criminal use of weaponsis knowingly...(1) Selling, manufacturing, purchasing, possessing, orcarrying any... knife commonly referred to as aswitchblade knife, which has a blade that opensautomatically by hand pressure applied to a button,spring, or other device in the handle of the knife, or anyknife having a blade that opens or falls or is ejectedinto position by the force of gravity or by an outward,downward or centrifugal thrust or movement...(2) carrying concealed on one's person, or possessing thesame with intent to use unlawfully against another, adagger, dirk... dangerous knife, straight-edged razor,stiletto, or any other dangerous or deadly weapon orinstrument of like character, except that an ordinarypocket knife with no blade more than four inches in lengthshall not be construed to be a dangerous knife, or adangerous or deadly weapon or instrument.
Reply:Paint and clock kit. UK feel free. I googled saw blade clock and copied it. Attached Images
Reply:Originally Posted by mike7466while im attending school I do alot of plasma cutting on the side to make a little extra cash. People send me designs and I can blow them up in my projector and just trace onto metal and cut them out. All was done with a miller spectum 375 x-treme.
Reply:The squirrel was made for practice, then turned into a project, so with the help of another member from weldingweb (Renagade), here is the finished product.  The squirrel has a bearring that allows him to spin in the wind, and a couple of hooks for flowers to hang from.  It now sits in my grandmas back yard for a property marker. Attached ImagesJobSmart MIG125Lincoln AC225-SLincoln Pro-Mig 175Dewalt GrindersRidgid ChopsawIR Garage Mate CompressorAny thing worth doing, is worth doing right.
Reply:OUCH! That will put squirrels on notice not to come in your yard! 200amp Air Liquide MIG, Hypertherm Plasma, Harris torches, Optrel helmet, Makita angle grinders, Pre-China Delta chop saw and belt sander, Miller leathers, shop made jigs etc, North- welders backpack.
Reply:Looks to me like a spinning tree rat target!   nice work.
Reply:Im a UK fan, So here is my little sunday project for the Kentucky Wildcats. Gave it to the wife. Attached ImagesJobSmart MIG125Lincoln AC225-SLincoln Pro-Mig 175Dewalt GrindersRidgid ChopsawIR Garage Mate CompressorAny thing worth doing, is worth doing right.
Reply:A caribou silouette I did for my BIL in MT for his coffee shop sign. "Caribou Clatters" will be opening up in Missoula sometime this May from what I am told.
Reply:Originally Posted by AKmudThey have to prove intent... no "unlawful intent", no crime.
Reply:Originally Posted by copeWho wants to go through the legal hassle?
Reply:Lets get back on topic with a rooster clock somebody from school requested. I heated it up in the oven and dipped in oil Attached Images
Reply:Sold the Rooster for a $30 at class tonight! Need to maybe make some more?
Reply:Excellent thread! Personally I would love to see more of those jigs for cutting repetitive parts.  I am also curious what people are using for drawing (tracing) on the steel to follow with the torch? Grease pen?
Reply:Hey guy , please keep picture coming , because i have to show that thread to the wife .....and i am pretty sure she going to say ok for  a powermax30   .... I am supposed to teach her TIG real soon , and when she going to see all she can do with the PM30  is going to be piece of cake  She is the finance minister I will try my best to be understoodMY DREAM GARAGE
Reply:Being from Kentucky, basketball is a way of life for most. I done a kentucky wildcats paw print awhile back, so for the louisville cards fans out there, here you go.   I still need to do a base for them, still to come. Attached ImagesJobSmart MIG125Lincoln AC225-SLincoln Pro-Mig 175Dewalt GrindersRidgid ChopsawIR Garage Mate CompressorAny thing worth doing, is worth doing right.
Reply:Made up a guide the other day. Also wanted to bring the thread up for more jigs and projects!