I bought it and hopefully will take possession of it next week.

My question is, has anyone used it for purposes other than cutting
apart ships etc. It is a powerful machine and most of the time I would
use it way below full power.

For example see

http://www.weldingsupplies-uk.co.uk/products/hypertherm/max100.htm

As a three phase machine, it will be run from my phase converter, but
can I expect to be able to run it at below 30 amp single phase input
to the phase converter?

thanks

i

Ignoramus30651 wrote:

I bought it and hopefully will take possession of it next week.

My question is, has anyone used it for purposes other than cutting
apart ships etc. It is a powerful machine and most of the time I would
use it way below full power.

For example see

http://www.weldingsupplies-uk.co.uk/products/hypertherm/max100.htm

As a three phase machine, it will be run from my phase converter, but
can I expect to be able to run it at below 30 amp single phase input
to the phase converter?

thanks

i

Suggest downloading all the various MAX100 manuals available at:

https://www.hypertherm.com/Xnet/library/DocumentLibrary.jsp

Pete C.

On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:29:47 GMT, Pete C. <aux3.DOH.4@snet.net> wrote:
Ignoramus30651 wrote:

I bought it and hopefully will take possession of it next week.

My question is, has anyone used it for purposes other than cutting
apart ships etc. It is a powerful machine and most of the time I would
use it way below full power.

For example see

http://www.weldingsupplies-uk.co.uk/products/hypertherm/max100.htm

As a three phase machine, it will be run from my phase converter, but
can I expect to be able to run it at below 30 amp single phase input
to the phase converter?

thanks

i

Suggest downloading all the various MAX100 manuals available at:

https://www.hypertherm.com/Xnet/library/DocumentLibrary.jsp

Pete C.

Pete, yes, I downloaded and read the manual, which is very nice and
includes maintenance and repair. Thanks. This thing is for my own use,
not for resale by the way.

i

On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:29:47 GMT, Pete C. <aux3.DOH.4@snet.net> wrote:
Ignoramus30651 wrote:

I bought it and hopefully will take possession of it next week.

My question is, has anyone used it for purposes other than cutting
apart ships etc. It is a powerful machine and most of the time I would
use it way below full power.

For example see

http://www.weldingsupplies-uk.co.uk/products/hypertherm/max100.htm

As a three phase machine, it will be run from my phase converter, but
can I expect to be able to run it at below 30 amp single phase input
to the phase converter?

thanks

i

Suggest downloading all the various MAX100 manuals available at:

https://www.hypertherm.com/Xnet/library/DocumentLibrary.jsp

Pete C.

Pete, yes, I downloaded and read the manual, which is very nice and
includes maintenance and repair. Thanks. This thing is for my own use,
not for resale by the way.

i

Ignoramus30651 wrote:

On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:29:47 GMT, Pete C. <aux3.DOH.4@snet.net> wrote:
Ignoramus30651 wrote:

I bought it and hopefully will take possession of it next week.

My question is, has anyone used it for purposes other than cutting
apart ships etc. It is a powerful machine and most of the time I would
use it way below full power.

For example see

http://www.weldingsupplies-uk.co.uk/products/hypertherm/max100.htm

As a three phase machine, it will be run from my phase converter, but
can I expect to be able to run it at below 30 amp single phase input
to the phase converter?

thanks

i

Suggest downloading all the various MAX100 manuals available at:

https://www.hypertherm.com/Xnet/library/DocumentLibrary.jsp

Pete C.

Pete, yes, I downloaded and read the manual, which is very nice and
includes maintenance and repair. Thanks. This thing is for my own use,
not for resale by the way.

i

FYI Hypertherm has a G3 torch retrofit / upgrade kit available for your
MAX100. I have no experience with the older torches, but everywhere I
read folks seem to think the G3s are the greatest thing since plasma
cutters.

Pete C.

On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:24:18 -0600, Pete C. <aux3.DOH.4@snet.net> wrote:
Ignoramus30651 wrote:

On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:29:47 GMT, Pete C. <aux3.DOH.4@snet.net> wrote:
Ignoramus30651 wrote:

I bought it and hopefully will take possession of it next week.

My question is, has anyone used it for purposes other than cutting
apart ships etc. It is a powerful machine and most of the time I would
use it way below full power.

For example see

http://www.weldingsupplies-uk.co.uk/products/hypertherm/max100.htm

As a three phase machine, it will be run from my phase converter, but
can I expect to be able to run it at below 30 amp single phase input
to the phase converter?

thanks

i

Suggest downloading all the various MAX100 manuals available at:

https://www.hypertherm.com/Xnet/library/DocumentLibrary.jsp

Pete C.

Pete, yes, I downloaded and read the manual, which is very nice and
includes maintenance and repair. Thanks. This thing is for my own use,
not for resale by the way.

i

FYI Hypertherm has a G3 torch retrofit / upgrade kit available for your
MAX100. I have no experience with the older torches, but everywhere I
read folks seem to think the G3s are the greatest thing since plasma
cutters.

Pete C.

Pete, thanks. I will try the torch that I have, first. (I have two
torches, one that comes with the cutter, and one that I bought a while
ago). Just gotta learn the basics first. I am not sure if G3 torch
retrofit is available for Max 100 (seems to be available for smaller
models), though I will check.

I will try to see just what are the benefits of using that retrofit, I
am not sure at this point.

Thanks for pointing me in this direction, I will inquire about that.

i