Torch cutting devices also have increased in price throughout the years, as has maintaining the equipment, Wiseman says. One scrap yard operator has decided to focus on torch cutting, making it work ...

Torch cutting is a necessary—and dangerous—task for scrap recyclers. An eye toward preparation and safety can ensure quality cutting.

Check the cutting tip and electrode for wear frequently. If they are used beyond their service life, cut quality will be diminished, cut speeds will decrease, and you can damage the torch head.

Pilot arc torches, which are more suitable for CNC cutters, can strike the arc through a separate conductor without the need to contact the workpiece.

Plasma cutting can be used to cut hard metals like steel, as with a plasma torch. In plasma cutting, inert gases as well as compressed air are blown at very high speeds and temperatures. On being ...

Affordable plasma cutters are becoming a popular step up from an angle grinder for cutting sheet metal in the home workshop, but cutting long straight lines can be laborious and less than accurate.… ...