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<blockquote data-quote="jeallen01" data-source="post: 1083578" data-attributes="member: 176704">This looks useful from Lidl in a week or so - a plasma cutter for cutting metal : <a href="https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/diy/parkside-plasma-cutter/p29579" target="_blank">Parkside Plasma Cutter - at Lidl UK</a>And here's a YouTube video on using that unit [MEDIA=youtube]1tX_QAUrwG8[/MEDIA]Now I know it won't be the most &quot;precise&quot; tool for that sort of job, but it'll be all of £79.99, whereas the cheapest vaguely comparable thing I could find on Amazon is well over 200 quid, and the ones on Machine Mart start at around £360 (and then they go way upwards from those prices)- and at that price it would seem like a handy buy for basic metal cutting in the garage.NB: you also need a small (4-5 cfm) compressor (which I already have)Any thoughts anybody - especially anyone who already has and has used a plasma cutter?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jeallen01, post: 1083578, member: 176704"] This looks useful from Lidl in a week or so - a plasma cutter for cutting metal : [URL='https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/p/diy/parkside-plasma-cutter/p29579']Parkside Plasma Cutter - at Lidl UK[/URL] And here's a YouTube video on using that unit [MEDIA=youtube]1tX_QAUrwG8[/MEDIA] Now I know it won't be the most "precise" tool for that sort of job, but it'll be all of £79.99, whereas the cheapest vaguely comparable thing I could find on Amazon is well over 200 quid, and the ones on Machine Mart start at around £360 (and then they go way upwards from those prices)- and at that price it would seem like a handy buy for basic metal cutting in the garage. NB: you also need a small (4-5 cfm) compressor (which I already have) Any thoughts anybody - especially anyone who already has and has used a plasma cutter? [/QUOTE]

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