consumables for Hypertherm Powermax 600

[cunninglinguist]

When you guys say "tip" do you mean the shield or nozzle?



Also, does anyone know why unshielded consumables may only be used in CE countries (the disclaimer on the bottom of pic)?

Thanks!...

[cunninglinguist]

Hi

I picked up a used Hypertherm Powermax 600 and I am new to plasma cutters. I'm thinking of stocking up on some consumables on eBay. I was wondering which wears out the most?

Is it the shield, retaining cap, nozzle, electrode or the swirl ring?

Thank...

[cunninglinguist]

If you have a "for sale" category, I propose some rules.

1. put "FS" or "WTB" in each title.
2. Put your location in each title.
3. Post a price for each item in your add.

Simple rules to save everyone time.

[cunninglinguist]

This is going to sound stupid but where do buy alcohol from? Is it in the same section as thinner and acetone in the hardware store?

[cunninglinguist]

Is acetone really that bad??? I use brake cleaner when I don't want to haul out the big bottle of acetone.

Is California going to ban brake cleaner too?

[cunninglinguist]

Yeah, it can be easily replaced, I just don't like selling my quality tools.

[cunninglinguist]

Do people here keep all their old welders for sentimental reasons? I have a stick welder I'm thinking of selling for space reasons but I'm feeling bad about it.

[cunninglinguist]

I don't doubt you guys. Its just your real world experiences goes against what I've been reading about in the last month.

You see, I just put in a nice new aluminum radiator in my Chevy van and wanted to get some Toyota red antifreeze (which is highly regarded in the Toyota crowd and...

[cunninglinguist]

I've never heard of that before. Are you sure?...

[cunninglinguist]

I'm Canadian but not in manufacturing so it hasn't hurt me financially other than going on buying sprees on Ebay.com

[cunninglinguist]

My bad. I was looking at the product pages and they don't really say they are inverter machines. I thought the 350 would be a lot smaller too...like comparing the dynasty to the synchrowaves.

[cunninglinguist]

Why are there no inverter based mig machines? There's Inverter technology in TIG and plasma but mig machines are still transformer based.

[cunninglinguist]

I found a comparison chart for the 200 dx and it shows a timer:

http://www.millerwelds.com/products/...nasty_200.html

There doesn't seem to be a comparision chart for the 300 dx. Can anyone confirm it has a life timer. I'm only going by the owners word...

[cunninglinguist]

Actually, I'm only assuming the 300 dx has a counter on it because the 200 has one.

I think people use the counter to keep track of hours on a job.

[cunninglinguist]

How confident would you be buying a Miller Dynasty 300 dx from a shop which is 8 years old with 400 hrs on it? Is the counter resetable?