Originally Posted by
rogerfries
Jim,
I appreciate that you must tow the party line. What aggravates me is that I feel it's more likely someone will get hurt trying to mess with something than if clear instructions were provided, but that's not Hypertherm's problem I guess. Again Jim this is not in any way your fault, it's lawsuit happy society we live in.
There are no productivity benefits to the machine torch as I said this is a home/hobby shop.
The real world pricing has machine torches at double the price of hand torches. Plus I already have a hand torch which came with my machine so I don't need to buy one.
Unfortunately, I'm not building a kit. Mine is a total custom that started it's life as an old Swiss CNC pen plotter from the 80's so no help there. Also as this is not a proven plan I'm not even 100% sure this thing will work in the real world, so I don't want to drop any more money than necessary until this design is proven.
It's nice to know that you offer a dual torch model, but I've spent enough on the model I have. I have had it several years, but it should have many years left in it I hope.
No doubt hundreds of people have done this i've seen all of the youtube videos. Can any non Hypertherm employee please describe how to defeat the safety interlock on a Powermax 1000? There is no reason why a private person can't post this right? Freedom of speech and all.
Thanks!