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96z28ss · #11 04-22-2011, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by ironworks

I have one project we are getting ready to start that will pay for this machine by it self. I don't plan to use it for production, The laser guy will still handle that, But an in house plasma will be nice for knocking stuff out at a rapid pace. I'm just not sure what size to get. I got a quote on a 5x10 machine, But I'm thinking about floor space also.

if your not using it for production stuff and just to make tabs and little brackets. get the 5x5 table. it does take up shop space with the computer and the plasma cutter.

ironworks · #12 04-22-2011, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by 96z28ss

if your not using it for production stuff and just to make tabs and little brackets. get the 5x5 table. it does take up shop space with the computer and the plasma cutter.

But then you have to buy smaller sheets of steel. A 5x10 is the most economical piece of steel and a bigger table is like a 1000 bucks more.

96z28ss · #13 04-22-2011, 04:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ironworks

But then you have to buy smaller sheets of steel. A 5x10 is the most economical piece of steel and a bigger table is like a 1000 bucks more.

5x5 table but you can feed it a full sheet if you need to. You just hold the access with one of those stands with the roller on it. Thats what I did.
I was cutting 12ft sheets cause of the cost of sheet. When your not using it its nice for it to be as small as it needs to be.

**GregWeld** · #14 04-22-2011, 08:30 PM

I've got the answer --- (gee -- anyone surprised by that?) --- Go big or go home -- step up and buy a 5X10 LASER table!

coolwelder62 · #15 04-23-2011, 07:26 AM

Rodger,Try a jig saw,cost a whole lot less,No smoke,No messy water table,No software to learn,Takes up no floor space,Replacement parts cheap,Low cost blades,cuts what ever line is on the plate,Uses very little power,I am buying 2 so I can have speed production of parts.

**GregWeld** · #16 04-23-2011, 12:26 PM

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ best solution yet! The old KISS principle!

fletcherscustoms · #17 04-25-2011, 05:20 AM

I walk in my shop everyday since I installed the machine and B%$ch about how big it is. ITs a 5x10 but takes up almost 7x14 , and when your working in a small 2000 sq ft shop that is valuable real estate. Basically I am now down to a 2 bay shop, which cuts a car out of my work load I was capable of. I'm building a addition on to the shop in the coming week. AS we have signed some new customer contracts and I need the bay back.

But besides that if I had to do it again I would do exactly like I did originally. I can get full sheets of plate so cheap through the boiler plant here, and drop the whole plate on there. No cutting down to size to fit the table. My only issue right now is once I get it to the shop, is man handling a 300lb sheet of metal out of the truck and 10 feet into the shop and on the table.