CUT-50 Plasma Cutter, 50A 110V/220V Dual Voltage, Non-Touch Pilot Arc, Clean Cuts up to 20mm, Built-In Air Regulator, IGBT Inverter for Home & DIY Metal Cutting

This is an amazing little machine. Easy to assemble. Easy to use. Well worth the money. With that said, I will not be using it on a daily basis. It will be used on a farm/ranch. So some months it will be used more than others. But it works very well for its intended purposes.

No issues has worked well for me haven’t had to use it for any heavy cutting applications but has run perfect every time I have used it on multiple metals.

For a sub $300 plasma cutter with pilot arc, it does pretty well. I'll start off with the quirks of my machine. First, the screws that mount the air pressure regulator screw into double nuts on the inside. This means that you'll never mount the regulator without either opening up the box (as I did, see photos) or having loose nuts inside the case (super dangerous). Luckily, opening up the box required only a phillips #2 screwdriver. While inside, I did snap a few photos, in case any of you know what a plasma cutter should look like inside. I installed the regulator mount, double nutted, and put a dab of super glue on the backside. A couple of sheet metal screws would have been a better solution for the manufacturer. For what it's worth, I did not feel like I had done any damage removing the cover to install the regulator, everything inside was tidy and well secured. Second is the hilariously short "ground". Really, it's about 46.5 inches (120 cm) long. This will need to be addressed immediately for most of us. Third is the plug. It's a 50 amp dryer plug, which I suppose is adequate but expect to install one (NEMA 6-50) or convert. I adapted n extension cord, as I did not want to cut anything before verifying that it worked. Fouth is the cord itself, which is 12 gauge. Theoretically, I think it can just handle the amperage (25 amps on 2 legs is 50 amps), but it seems pretty weak compared to the outlet that it requires. I'm pretty sure that means that the unit is over-rated so you could probably get by on a 30 amp 230v plug. YMMV, but I don't see any way that 2-12 is going to carry 50 amps at 80% duty cycle without a fire hazard. I knocked off 1 star for these. On to readying and use. The air connectors are weak, but probably adequate for 60 psi, which is going to be your max. Set your air supply (at the compressor or in-line) at that so you never exceed 60 psi. I do not trust the pressure gauge supplied, but if my line pressure is only 60, then I am unlikely to rupture anything. For the quarter inch that I cut (poorly, more on that later), 40 psi is about right. A 1/4 npt male threaded air nipple will thread right into the regulator for quick connect. I used thread sealant and had no leaks. Make sure all electrical fittings are clean and tight. As an aside, dual voltage units are known to be weak in their switching (from 115 to 230v and back). It's always a good idea to not utilize this feature and just run 230v, if you can. This is true even with well known high end welding equipment. Also, make sure you clean the ground area. The torch can cut cut through slag and paint, but the ground cannot. So, I marked up and attempted to cut a piece of 1/4" angle. Nothing. After checking over everything, I found that the small tip under the cone was not tight (there are 2 metal tips under the ceramic cone). After that, I could cut. Almost immediately, I broke the standoff, and the result is a pretty crappy freehand cut. They'll get better as I dial in amperage and pressure, but I'll get a better standoff. The pilot arc worked flawlessly and the cut started off fairly neat. So, initial impressions... The plasma cutter performs basically as advertised. It is around 1/5th the cost of a comparable Esab unit, and prices equivalent to a set of torches. It's smaller and lighter than torches and won't get blow-uppy. My generator should be able to power it for most cuts. I tried to get the least expensive pilot arc unit on Amazon just to see how it would perform. Aside from the stuff above, all of which is correctable, it's a decent unit. In the future, I may upgrade the cord and correct the crimp on fittings as preventative maintenance, but I do want to see how well it does as built. I'll update if I have anything worth noting. Edit: I added a photo of a better cut with amperage at 38, air at 45psi and a skate on the torch. Looks quite a bit nicer, and upon . Pilot arc does work well, I added a shot of the torch . The dial labeled "A" is amperage, the one labeled "S" sets the delay time for shutting off the air after the trigger is released. I've only cut a couple feet so far, but it impresses for the cost. I tested the pressure gauge against a known good one, and they read close to identical up to 60 psi. I thought that I would find the torch sad and low quality and it is not. I am even finding that I like the trigger guard as it prevents activation when I lay the torch down on the table. This is a feature that I thought was decidedly "homeowner" level but I like it. Also, Amazon wants me to mention the sheerness of this product, it has none. No sheerness whatsoever. It's completely opaque. Thickness, as always, is in the eye of the beholder.

The title says it all, is it legit 50 amp, hell no, not even close, probably closer to 35 maybe 40 amp but I'm leaning towards 30-35 amp true power output. It uses non high frequency blow back style (the flow of air through the nozzle causes a circuit to close allowing the pilot arc to ignite and stay lit, so it's safe on sensitive electronics or even to use on cars and won't dry anything unless you like cut into the wires or ECU. I run it on 220v with a 50 amp breaker, it has its own dedicated double pole 50 amp 220 breaker in a sub panel that only has 2 of those and two 30 amp double pole 220 breakers, so am not going to have power issues at all, it cuts using very low air pressure in my opinion. Typically to cut something I would never go below 40psi period but I can easily cut sheet steel with one side painted with only 25amps and 30 psi. And it jams through it as fast as I can move the torch. The stupid stand off deal sucks, flip it around and use the side that is connected to the other side to clip onto the torch while the side with two separate halves is the side to touch the work, that way your guide deal won't slip or move as it will super easy if you clip it on the way it comes clipped on. Just be careful not to break the ceramic cone part. Works way way better that way. Gonna run it on some t6 6061 3/8" and 1/4" plate and see how it does with aluminum since that is a difficult area for plasma cutters or at least that has been my experience. Cutting round stock it should be able to blast through 0.5" stuff but truth is, it doesn't seem to have enough cut power to do so, who knows, I will grab some rebar to double check, all in all for the price and the size. It's ability to run 110 or 220v and it coming with the adapter to make that work, the only thing you need to buy is a male threaded pneumatic quick connect fitting, unless you want to hard line it to something but then that kills the whole point of it being tiny and light weight. There are two places the air goes into the machine, I find that kinda dumb but I'm guessing one is just for the air pressure gauge up front the other is the actual air that is used to feed the torch. Why not just add a y fitting internally I can't explain. It would keep shit much easier and more simple, less material and less crap to leak or fail. Anyhow look if you are in the market for a plasma cutter and don't need to cut anything over about 18 or 20mm so 4/5" or 3/4" ish cut(u will need to hit it witg a flapper disc after cutting something that thick, pretty much anything over half inch or so is gonna have those tell tale plasma lines. Below that it cuts super clean. Ymwv obviously but it's cheap, light, small, delivery is quick, and it comes pretty much everything to work out the box, the only lane thing is this, it has a nice long torch line, maybe 10foot or so but the ground clamp wire is all of 3 or 4 foot long, you want to connect as close to where you plan to cut as possible to ensure a steady clean uninterrupted cut, it kinda kills the point of thr long torch line since the material has to be clamped right next to the machine. Still a killer buy

Honestly I didn't expect much from a 200$ plasma cutter. If you are on the fence, just get one! Overall assembly and quality is top notch and doesn't feel like something out of PRC. The included fittings are metric and designed to be used with sealing o-rings, but they are not included. NPT fittings work fine with a healthy amount of Teflon tape. I chose to install a QD at the input instead of the provided barb fitting for ease of use. The unit itself is much lighter than expected and the handle and plastic parts are well fitted and comfortable to carry around. I grabbed a piece of 1/4 steel from my scrap bin. That was a leaf spring perch off a Dana60 axle. Real strong stuff. Melted like butter and the cut is sharp and narrow with minimal taper. Can't wait to actually try it for something proper.

Instructions were not accurate, Air pressure was too high and machine would not work until pressure was reduced

Worked great first couple of times . But quit . Phoned Amazon ,they gave me sellers phone# . but it was busy . amazon then gave me plasma cutter builder phone#. First they tryed to sell me a medical alert ! Then they turned the phone off . Amazon said they could do nothing , & refused to let talk to a supervisor !!! I have spent thousands on Amazon &they let me down, do they not check there sellers !!!

Pour le prix j’ai été vraiment impressionné. Je l’ai utilisé déjà quelques heures. Pour de la « tôlette » a body et ça travaille vraiment bien. Tu peux couper à une vitesse très élevée et tout les angles qu’on peut s’attendre d’un plasma. Évidemment, je lui ai donné plus de misère que ça. J’ai coupé du T1 1/4 de pouce assez facilement. J’ai dû adapter ma vitesse mais il a passé au travers sans problème. Je le recommande sincèrement. Incroyable ce que je peux faire avec cet outil là et surtout pour le prix. Je trouve important de commenter mon achat parce que c’est grâce au review d’autres utilisateurs que j’ai décidé d’acheter. J’ai vu aussi des commentaires plus négatifs. Je soupçonne que ces personnes étaient sur le 110V. Le mien a toujours été raccordé au 240V, sur le 110 ça me semble vraiment limite sans l’avoir essayé. Bref, livraison super rapide, produit dépassant mes attentes qui étaient très élevées (trop élevées pour le prix). J’ai pas été déçu, c’est le meilleur achat que j’ai fait cette année. Pour le 110V je sais pas. Quelqu’un qui a un garage avec du 220/240 et qui comme moi cherchait une alternative au torches acétylène/oxygen. Hésite pas et vas-y! Laisse toi pas tromper par le prix qui semble trop beau pour être vrai. C’est vrai! 😅 Tu vas être sur le cul!

My first task with this unit was to cut the ends off two 24" diameter steel pipes sealed with 3/16 steel. You need a good compressor for sure for big tasks like that but the plasma cutter worked flawless. I did use one set of consumables in the process which I suspect was partly my inexperience and partly some issues we had with the power source but ordering some extra consumables is wise. AG-60 consumables are easy to get and inexpensive. For an inexpensive unit this worked amazingly. Starts easily. No issues putting it together. I did add some teflon tape to the fittings that screw into the water filter to seal air leaks. Added: I should mention that this plasma cutter does NOT require you to touch the work to start the plasma which makes it VERY easy to use. The call it Pilot Start... it works well. I have not tested in using 110V. I was using 220V.