[TheForge] plasma cutter/tig welder

Mon Mar 11 22:26:01 2002

Yeah by the looks of the machine its probably more likely to be water COOLED
not water SHIELDED, there are water shielded plasma cutters but they are
much larger industrial machines.

----- Original Message -----
From: "David G.Brown" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 8:03 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] plasma cutter/tig welder

> On Saturday 09 March 2002 07:30 pm, you wrote:
> >
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drumm-gmbh.de%2Fsc
> >h weissen%2Fscorpion.html&langpair=de%7Cen&hl=en&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
> >
> > Whats with the router type plasma torch holder? never saw one of them
> > before If it uses water as a shield does that mean all welding cutting
is
> > done submerged in a tank?
>
> Shannell,
>
> I could be wrong, but I think the water is circulated through the gun to
cool
> it during extended runs.  At least this is what happen with a water cooled
> TIG gun and I'm making a leap here thinking that it is related.
>
> --
> Dave Brown
> Heritage 'Smithing
> Green Bay, WI
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