FredH
02-08-2008, 06:48 PM
Since this has to do with Plasma Cutters , Thought I would post it here .
Have 3 older brothers . The next one older than me , works on a large farm , lots of welding , also has his own plasma cutter in addition to his mig welder . The next older after him lives in Washington , and since he did not want to be outdone by me and other brother, He decided to go out and buy his own mig welder and a plasma cutter , ( which works for the 2 of us down here in Oregon , we don't have to fabricate stuff for him no more based upon his e-mail drawings :confused: ) .
Anyway , Last weekend , I get a call from him . He is having problems trying to figure out how to connect the " gas " supply from the " Tank " to the Plasma cutter .:confused:
ME : " You mean the air supply line from your compressor to the Plasma cutter ? "
HIM : " Air Compressor ? "
ME : " Yea , thats were the Plasma cutter gets it air from . "
HIM : " What about the tank of CO2/ Argon gas I have ? "
ME : " Dude , thats for your welder " . Course as I am trying to say this , I am almost falling out of my computer chair as I am laughing quietly .:D
HIM : " How does the plasma cutter make plasma from air ? "
It was at that point that I almost ticked him off because I had been holding my breath laughing , but after that last sentence , I was rolling . Then explained how a plasma cutter works , which calmed him down . Asked him though if he got any instructions from the place he bought the stuff from .
HIM : " No , told them I did not need any " .:eek:
He has since called our brother down here , ( who I already told the story to ;) ) , and was asking him some questions . In the middle of that conversation brother here asked him if he got his tank hooked up to his plasma cutter yet .
Apparently the reply he received is not something I can post here .:D
He is retired , so I guess he has nothing better to do with his money , Think though that I will send him a e-mail about how cool it is to weld " WOOD " together .;)
Take Care ,
Fred H.
P.S. Now I am NOT an expert by any means , It was just his arrogance about buying something , and not knowing how it works even though he " Could " of got instructions on its operation but choose not to that really got to me . And I did tell him that using Pressurized gas is an option if no air is available .
Have 3 older brothers . The next one older than me , works on a large farm , lots of welding , also has his own plasma cutter in addition to his mig welder . The next older after him lives in Washington , and since he did not want to be outdone by me and other brother, He decided to go out and buy his own mig welder and a plasma cutter , ( which works for the 2 of us down here in Oregon , we don't have to fabricate stuff for him no more based upon his e-mail drawings :confused: ) .
Anyway , Last weekend , I get a call from him . He is having problems trying to figure out how to connect the " gas " supply from the " Tank " to the Plasma cutter .:confused:
ME : " You mean the air supply line from your compressor to the Plasma cutter ? "
HIM : " Air Compressor ? "
ME : " Yea , thats were the Plasma cutter gets it air from . "
HIM : " What about the tank of CO2/ Argon gas I have ? "
ME : " Dude , thats for your welder " . Course as I am trying to say this , I am almost falling out of my computer chair as I am laughing quietly .:D
HIM : " How does the plasma cutter make plasma from air ? "
It was at that point that I almost ticked him off because I had been holding my breath laughing , but after that last sentence , I was rolling . Then explained how a plasma cutter works , which calmed him down . Asked him though if he got any instructions from the place he bought the stuff from .
HIM : " No , told them I did not need any " .:eek:
He has since called our brother down here , ( who I already told the story to ;) ) , and was asking him some questions . In the middle of that conversation brother here asked him if he got his tank hooked up to his plasma cutter yet .
Apparently the reply he received is not something I can post here .:D
He is retired , so I guess he has nothing better to do with his money , Think though that I will send him a e-mail about how cool it is to weld " WOOD " together .;)
Take Care ,
Fred H.
P.S. Now I am NOT an expert by any means , It was just his arrogance about buying something , and not knowing how it works even though he " Could " of got instructions on its operation but choose not to that really got to me . And I did tell him that using Pressurized gas is an option if no air is available .