# new toy has arrived !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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**Created:** [August 2, 2010, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-has-arrived/253665 "2010-08-02T01:13:39Z")
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### Author: ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-toy-has-arrived/253665/6 "2010-08-02T21:59:18Z")

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> [@3rd '07 Track Day - September 14th!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/3rd-07-track-day-september-14th/33538/113):
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> Water jet cuts a dead nuts clean cut. Plasma leaves a tiny bit of schlag on the back side of the cut edge, but it fall right off with a tap of a hammer, or some production setups they have a tumbler they throw the pieces in to knock it off.
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> The amount of shit on the back side of the cut depends on how well the torch is setup, amperage, kerf, stand off distance… But a fine cut tip in the torch, even in my hypertherm powermax 380, cuts 1/2" shit about the width of a pencile!

A cnc plasma machine with glycol pool and argon curtain will produce zero slag at the kerf(setup for the material of course). (see crude photobelow)

Blue = tank  
Black = sacrificial grid  
Green = glycol/ fluid medium  
Red = material  
Yellow = argon curtain(shielding)

 ![http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o285/Boxxersix/plasma.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/3/9/399fb77ed13f6d67b7a20ba31b3047a21a304a89.jpeg)

Stainless/inconel/monel/etc also requires argon jet gas instead of regular compressed air. Torch height control is the biggest thing to getting super clean cuts with plasma machines, but is typically an expensive add on.

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