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A portable plasma cutter? What is this, Star Trek? Are there some extremely-high-power-density battery-operated plasma cutters available on Aliexpress that I ha
by mindslight 1y ago
A portable plasma cutter? What is this, Star Trek? Are there some extremely-high-power-density battery-operated plasma cutters available on Aliexpress that I haven't yet run across? Or maybe I should locate my safe far away from my stove/dryer receptacles?
- mothballed 1y agoYou're right, I've mixed them up with portable oxy-acetylene torch, unless they're just backing up to the lock in a pick-up.
- mindslight 1y agoDamn, I was hoping I was wrong. Going to need some kind of energy weapon to use against the coming robot armies.
- LorenPechtel 1y agoDepends on how portable. A while back I was making a point about the border wall farce--and found everything I would need to do "portable" plasma cutting on said wall on Home Depot's website. Not pick it up type portable, but put it in a wagon type portable. (Generator, not batteries.)
- mindslight 1y agoI don't know how anybody can look at those rusty metal pylons and not think their natural habitat is at home on top of a 40 year old white Toyota pickup with a suspension that long ago achieved sainthood. Like if I were looking to attract illegal immigrants, those pylons would be exactly what I would use. But then again isn't this just the standard fascist pattern? Propose a comically self-defeating solution to some problem, and build a tribal identity around aggressively denying the obvious. It's like the social justice preaching to the choir writ large.
- lisbbb 1y agoA plasma cutter needs a pretty decent supply of compressed air
- StickTIGLiIon4 1y agoA 5lb bottle of Nitrogen would do the trick.
- StickTIGLiIon4 1y agoLike muffler fluid, the battery powered welder has gone from a joke to reality recently. Not a plasma cutter, but same power class, and certainly able to heat a padlock shank to melting. https://www.dewalt.com/product/0447800880/esab-renegade-volt-es200i-stick-live-tig-welder https://www.dewalt.com/product/0447800880/esab-renegade-volt...
- olyjohn 1y agoBut people have been welding with batteries for ages. The most primitive welder is a car battery and a couple of wire leads. Tons of videos of it on YouTube.
- StickTIGLiIon4 1y agoYeah, fair enough. Two car batteries in series is even better. Not easy on the batteries, but it will get the jeep out of the bush. You can also make your own stick electrodes from coathanger wire tightly wrapped in paper. I couldn't tell you how many pairs of sunglasses you should parallel to protect yourself... This rig, on the other hand, is something you could pack into just about any plant and fix something with without raising any eyebrows. If you have $5,000 to spend, that is. Super handy for small jobs in hard to access places.
- StickTIGLiIon4 1y agoHearing about it did ruin the "cordless welder" jokes my coworkers used to share.
- harvey9 1y agoReminds me how the Sinclair C5 failed because the inventor couldn't source a 15 mile long power lead.
- harvey9 1y agoShouldn't the sunglasses be in series?
- ErroneousBosh 1y agoYou can pick up a wholly self-contained plasma cutter in Lidl or Hofer in their "cool tools week" for about £100 these days. It wouldn't be beyond the wit of man to hook that up to a biggish inverter and 24V worth of deep cycle batteries on a small trolley, maybe a wheelie suitcase. Always be red-teaming.