The Northern tool Plasma cutters (klutch) are nice little units.. I have a new victor, and new Hypertherm machine too.. I bought a small 120 volt plasma just to run on my smaller generator with a small compressor. The Klutch inverters are very nice designs, and work well,if setup correctly.. That means using Italian Trafimet consumables in the S-45 torch.. Northern tool does not have a clue what they you sell for consumables.. My machine came from the reman stock, and $319.99 delivered.Anyway t,he nozzles that came with my torch was like .035 in size.. They sell some .030 ones, but those are still too big..I picked up the correct ones that run .025 in size.. What a difference in cutting performance! It's only a true 16 amp machine but they sell it as a 20 amp machine.. The (275i) The 240 volt only machine (375i) is really where you want to go,because it will have good power in that model.. The nice thing is a 19 ft torch lead, and reversible swirl ring, which make it nice for lefthanders The little 275 setup right is pretty nice little machine, and 1000 times better then the smaller smoke boxes,with the early PT clone esab torch. The Real Esab torch works so much better then these clones, It's not just the torch that makes them cut funny either..Notapro wrote:Thanks Jim. That is very informative. I will take your advice. Thank you!
Here are some pics of 3/16, and up to a max of .500 Yes the little Klutch will get through. .500 ms, and that is something the china clones has a real hard time doing on 240 power full tilt.. This is 16 amps, and cuts .250 about 8 ipm.. Which is totally fine for what it is,and what I want it for. Consumable life is good too. Got some china clone nozzles coming just see how they work. Probably pretty decent because of the low amps.. These have a real nice pilot arc, and the torch feel very nice in the hand..
PS, I counted, up that I had 21 plasma cutters over the years, because I trade up, and just go in different directions at different points.. I used many more too.. I believe I got a pretty good understanding of what work well. I could care less about who makes it either. These little Klutch machines are very nice.. Who ever builds them does a nice job,goes for their mig units, and stick machine too. Had a few of those to compare to also..