1/8" steel cut specs

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1/8" steel cut specs

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I have a new powermax 65 and I was just curious if anyone knew why 1/8" steel isn't on any of the cut charts? I buy a lot of 1/8" from my local steel supplier. Not a big deal at all, I can figure out some decent cut settings for it, but I was just curious of the reasoning that 1/8 wouldn't be a part of their specs.
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Re: 1/8" steel cut specs

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10ga?
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45a consumables or fine cut for better control.... (range / band)
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Re: 1/8" steel cut specs

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I use the Hypertherm cut chart values for 11 ga. steel. The 11ga. I buy locally is around 0.118" thick - so pretty close to 0.125".
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Re: 1/8" steel cut specs

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robertspark wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2020 4:46 pm 10ga?
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45a consumables or fine cut for better control.... (range / band)
10 gauge is like .140 I believe. Not a huge difference, but I just figured they'd have a spot for 1/8"
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Re: 1/8" steel cut specs

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adbuch wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:06 pm I use the Hypertherm cut chart values for 11 ga. steel. The 11ga. I buy locally is around 0.118" thick - so pretty close to 0.125".
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My chart goes from 10 gauge to 12 gauge 😂 on the 45 amp chart and it only goes down to 10 gauge on the 65 amp chart.
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Re: 1/8" steel cut specs

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I guess 3mm is the closest in the book settings coming in at .118"
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Re: 1/8" steel cut specs

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TrinityFabworks wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:38 pm
adbuch wrote: Sat Jul 25, 2020 8:06 pm I use the Hypertherm cut chart values for 11 ga. steel. The 11ga. I buy locally is around 0.118" thick - so pretty close to 0.125".
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My chart goes from 10 gauge to 12 gauge 😂 on the 45 amp chart and it only goes down to 10 gauge on the 65 amp chart.
You are correct. I guess I forgot that the chart goes from 10 ga.to 12 ga. But as was pointed out, the 3mm settings would be very close to 11 ga. I actually cut my 11 ga. steel at 100 ipm - which seems to work well for me. The fine cut slow speed 3 mm settings give about 108 ipm, which is pretty close.
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