How to Make a Plasma Cutting Machine From Scrap

2023 ж. 16 Қаз.
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Hi folks welcome today. I’m going to show you how to make yourself and build at home and very cheap and efficient cutting plasma machine that works very efficiently even if it’s made completely with scrap pieces that I saved from the scrap yard so it’s a very easy and interesting project. I can start taking and converting an old vintage arc welding machine that use electrodes be careful use only transformer, welding machine. If you want to modify and replicate the project don’t try to use a very modern inverter welding machine because incisor our circuit boards and you were Friday and if you push high-voltage and Sidon so make sure to have the right transformer, welding machine. Any brand with work
No, let’s start taking a metal box to place everything inside. In this case I have these old stereo for music and I take the box is a container. I also recycle the heat sink made in aluminum to cool down the other components.
In fact, the arc welding machine produce originally alternating current box for this project we need direct current, so the first thing we need to do is fix and stabilize the current and to do this I can use breach dial Ricky fire
Just use one with very high on per capacity for this reason, they boats a 200 amp bridge, diode rectifier after this we had, and then stop in lies the direct current that isn’t perfectly stable, and I made by myself a huge copper coil that Strbc lives, and fix a little bit more direct current
The more stable the current is the more efficient and precise the cat from the cutting plasma she will be
We need them to ejaculate some high-voltage inside the vintage arc welding machine to do this. I use a fly back from the television that is capable to reach 30,000 50,000 V results problem Aydan boat simmer coil.
This is used to transfer by induction voltages from the flight back around 50,000 V into the arc welding machine that originally has only 30 V so the result is now that we have an arc welding machine that can also throw little sparks
This is important because to create plasma inside the plasma torch, we need to create high voltage between two electrons. The electrodes will be covered with compressed, air flowing on them and compressed air. We catch some electrons and create the plasma itself.
So connect everything to a regular air compressor. Make sure there is a dehumidifier that will remove any moisture inside of compressed air. Everything has to be dry and clean so the plasma torch can create plasma in the more efficient way.

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  • One bit of information that may be useful to any of you who are wanting to recreate this project: You can DIY everything but the handpiece. The reason (other than it would be unnecessarily difficult to build) is because the electrode has a little nugget of hafnium oxide imbedded (which is a consumable btw). It's purpose is to more freely donate electrons (or whatever the verbiage was). The better explanation is it makes it possible to ionize dry compressed air into a plasma, otherwise you would have to run Argon (or some other mix of easily ionizable gas) through your rig and when it's not necessary, why bother with all that hassle and expense. I spent a lot of time fucking around before I realized this.

    @jonathanseagraves8140@jonathanseagraves81405 ай бұрын
    • True, But see how intelligent you became for all that FAQing around? I found a couple $100 for a cheapie. Still you educate me (all your readers)on what is in there.(has a warrantee too btw) It interests me to consider making my plasma more powerful...

      @jackrichards1863@jackrichards18633 ай бұрын
    • That may have been the nicest thing anyone has ever said on KZhead. Thanks @@jackrichards1863

      @jonathanseagraves8140@jonathanseagraves81402 ай бұрын
    • I want to recreate this and the tig welder, but im going to need some advice. Is there a way that we can stay in contact?

      @fredymredy@fredymredyАй бұрын
    • @@fredymredy Sure, I'm not on KZhead as much as I WAS, but I'll answer any question that you have. The only thing that I have actually done in reality is make a HF start circuit, which worked pretty well. I ended up using a home made ZVS flyback circuit where the output was attached across a home made HV capacitor (made of transparency film and aluminum foil rolled up and then wrapped with plumbers tape and filled with hot glue.) and a spark gap. I had that discharge through a transformer core with the secondary as the tig supply. (to give you the isolated HV starting spark at the electrode) I think this is pretty much what the guy in the video did. But you know, its always easer to be able to ask someone direct questions... this shit is hard to figure out on your own.

      @jonathanseagraves8140@jonathanseagraves8140Ай бұрын
  • The overlays and explanations were very well done. Kudos to your editing skills!

    @dan_goodman@dan_goodman6 ай бұрын
    • FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER

      @Sad_cat_studio@Sad_cat_studioАй бұрын
  • Love how so much of this is either cheap to buy or easily made in a home shop. Makes it much more accessible than store bought plasma cutters. ❤️

    @natalyasparrow6748@natalyasparrow674827 күн бұрын
  • Very underappreciated channel

    @sarpijk@sarpijk6 ай бұрын
    • His Italian version is huge

      @TheLukasDirector@TheLukasDirector6 ай бұрын
    • I think a lot of people were turned off with his blatant copy and paste style of content.

      @gibbyrockerhunter@gibbyrockerhunter6 ай бұрын
  • yo man you rock i totally dig the manner in which you explain and deal with all the processes necessary to complete projects

    @user-xw1le5ph3g@user-xw1le5ph3g2 ай бұрын
  • This is a full fledged project nice job, the time and effort put into this is crazy. Great video

    @TheSomar1991@TheSomar19916 ай бұрын
  • Wow, I'm so happy to have found you. This is exactly what I've been searching for. I'm no electrician and certainly not an engineer but I am a builder/tinkerer who's surrounded by a sea of discarded electronics just floating around for the taking. And I've long suspected with the right knowledge and direction one can build just about anything the big companies want to charge an arm and a leg for. All while our Earth is being poisoned by this disposable life style. But unfortunately there are few creators putting out the kind of content that will help demystify these kind of projects. Thank you for sharing and I can't wait to see what else you've crafted

    @theyoutubeguy1545@theyoutubeguy15456 ай бұрын
    • Many places, including here, it is a crime with harsh punishment for taking electronics from the garbage :( Mad mad world

      @NameLast-wm5je@NameLast-wm5je5 ай бұрын
    • @theyoutubeguy1545 If you are surrounded by a sea of discarded electronics then you should just mine them for gold and get rich and Buy whatever you want

      @bradrogers4281@bradrogers42812 ай бұрын
  • Great project! Wonderfull and simple. Thanks for bringing it to us in a so simple and direct way

    @devtasingh@devtasingh6 ай бұрын
  • This man can make anything!

    @mdsign001@mdsign0016 ай бұрын
    • Its damn dangerous, thats what it is! shorting a welding machine output with that high diameter cable wrapped a few times, its insane he can get away with this!

      @engjds@engjds6 ай бұрын
  • This is incredible! Good use of parts for sure!

    @TheRealThisIsAlex@TheRealThisIsAlex6 ай бұрын
  • Very good ! Give this guy his own TV show, someone , anyone , I thought I was good with a simple tank less water heater a/c d/c / propane, I'll keep watching and learning keep it up.

    @user-bo6cn3vk2n@user-bo6cn3vk2n6 ай бұрын
  • Never have I seen anyone make so much out of so little! Respect!

    @vestercasper@vestercasper6 ай бұрын
  • I like the simple design of the plasma tourch. Good job!

    @garyharris8097@garyharris80976 ай бұрын
  • Fantastic work and understanding, not just buy parts, actually built. Very well done

    @RoadRunnerMeep@RoadRunnerMeep5 ай бұрын
  • Interesting video. I was surprized to see you using the cutter with no dark eye protection. The amount of UV that comes off a plasma cutter is pretty high I thought.

    @ToBeeOrNotToBeHoney@ToBeeOrNotToBeHoney4 ай бұрын
    • Yes, probably don't do any of this, but definitely protect your eyes.

      @LiverpoolReject@LiverpoolReject3 ай бұрын
    • Most of that light is under your cut, so you're not seeing much of it. Welding is different.

      @taiwanluthiers@taiwanluthiers2 ай бұрын
  • Wow that's great, I was just about to make a CNC plasma cutter, this is perfect!

    @shodanxx@shodanxx6 ай бұрын
  • This channel always makes me smile - loved it ever since the ruby video!

    @TheGhost152@TheGhost1526 ай бұрын
  • Thank you so much I have been trying to figure out the difference between plasma cutting machines and welders for quite some time now.

    @JB-nt2en@JB-nt2en6 ай бұрын
  • Puurrrrfect, I been fantasizing about something like this for about a year, but now I have a lead of how to do it, I know myself electronics but have some doubts that you just have made me clear, so thanks! great video

    @hoombledood@hoombledood5 ай бұрын
  • Love this idea and would try it myself if I knew my wife wouldn't kill me for doing so! Thanks Rulof for the information! :)

    @sac58999@sac589996 ай бұрын
  • Information like this is very much needed thank you! It’s unfortunate that so much information has either been kept trade secret or made so complicated that the average person is deterred from even attempting it! This forces people to spend money instead of developing their skills to do things cheaply!

    @MidnightOilsRestoration@MidnightOilsRestoration29 күн бұрын
  • This is just so cool! I enjoyed every second of it. Finally, I have a use for my old stick welder.

    @kalleklp7291@kalleklp72915 ай бұрын
  • You are the ultimate MacGyver! Well done! Love from Austria 💪🏼

    @Freizeitflugsphaere@Freizeitflugsphaere6 ай бұрын
  • You are an inspiration and a hero. Thank you for being you.

    @zzalkind@zzalkind6 ай бұрын
  • One day this guy will s gonna be a giant KZheadr I can already tell

    @Chemanic1@Chemanic16 ай бұрын
    • Already subscribed

      @roncrandall@roncrandall6 ай бұрын
    • Nope, I see a lot of snakeoil, tape and BS, he wont last long.

      @engjds@engjds6 ай бұрын
  • The thing that he made this from scratch is impressive...keep it up

    @sefalibhakat143@sefalibhakat1436 ай бұрын
  • Finally someone doing that on YT, thank you!

    @-sycamore@-sycamore6 ай бұрын
  • Nice tutorial, your channel is very underappreciated, keep up the good work.

    @bog6570@bog65706 ай бұрын
  • Clever build, and well done. We shared this video on our homemade tool forum this week 😎

    @homemadetools@homemadetools6 ай бұрын
  • This is awesome. I always wanted to build a battery powered plasma cutter to use out in the field without having to have a generator. Oh yeah and I am a new subscriber!!

    @johnkoury1116@johnkoury11166 ай бұрын
    • Dont build it, unless you want an house fire. Think about it, think its a good idea to short a welding machine output with thick wire?

      @engjds@engjds6 ай бұрын
  • This is one of those things I would strongly recommend not building diy but you did and it works so I'm impressed none the less. But holy moly I cannot stress enough how dangerous this type of thing is

    @nathan584@nathan5846 ай бұрын
    • Going outside could be dangerous too if you don't pay attention. Just don't do nuthin stupid!

      @elliottdiedrich3068@elliottdiedrich30686 ай бұрын
  • So cool, it's hard to believe how you make cheap replacement for expensive details 🤯

    @OlegMavlyutov@OlegMavlyutov6 ай бұрын
  • Iv been a fan all the way back when you made the wrist mounted rebreather and the diy electric outboard mounted to your kayak. I didn’t have an account Back then and couldn’t for the life of me remember the channel name, you popped up 2 days ago and I instantly subbed… I’d love to see you revisit those videos mentioned and potentially and make them better. Glad to see your still making videos man, keep it up!

    @avocadoarms358@avocadoarms3586 ай бұрын
  • ❤❤From Algeria, I salute you. I learned a lot from you. May God grant you success in what He loves and pleases. Thank you, hero

    @yazidfryazid5039@yazidfryazid50392 ай бұрын
  • You are a perfect man Very proffitional teacher Thank you

    @mohamadkassab8701@mohamadkassab87016 ай бұрын
  • You are a mad lad, very impressive.

    @zachell1991@zachell19916 ай бұрын
  • Rudolf, your hackery is legendary.

    @cerberes@cerberes6 ай бұрын
  • I enjoyed watching and learning.

    @chuckmadere@chuckmadere5 ай бұрын
  • WOW!!! You are BRILLIANT!!!

    @Nobe_Oddy@Nobe_Oddy6 ай бұрын
  • dude your amazing! thank you for sharing cant wait for your next build

    @suncitygraphics7165@suncitygraphics71656 ай бұрын
  • 14:50 A+ for following the schematics correctly and the effort. F- for not wearing proper eye protection. You are a professional, and that means the burden of responsibility is all yours to lead by positive example.

    @NEKRWSPHERE@NEKRWSPHERE6 ай бұрын
  • Really cool Project for sure! Keep up the great work!👍

    @DirectCurrent4u@DirectCurrent4u6 ай бұрын
  • Necessity is the mother of invention nice work!

    @billjacobs8035@billjacobs80356 ай бұрын
  • The algorithm is working!!! it's me your new fan!!

    @Dobrya4ok1@Dobrya4ok16 ай бұрын
  • I am fascinated, that is exactly my style, love your video

    @halbvoll1@halbvoll16 ай бұрын
  • Just discovered this channel! love it cheers

    @andrewcameron4277@andrewcameron42776 ай бұрын
  • i dont know about how safe but your not a dummy and understand electronics so thumbs up man. thats what i call a dyier

    @rudycorona6964@rudycorona69645 ай бұрын
  • Astig!!! So Great! for those Who want that machine but no money to buy expensive machine. Thumbs up!!!🎉

    @teroyrock9088@teroyrock90884 ай бұрын
  • i want to get to this level of skill one day thank for sharing

    @user-qi7fh5je6b@user-qi7fh5je6b6 ай бұрын
  • I love it! Thanks for all your videos. I'm sorry they made you make a new channel! I see great things in your future. Howdy from Texas

    @bitnertinkers@bitnertinkers6 ай бұрын
  • SUPER MACHINE!!!!

    @omarvillacorta365@omarvillacorta3652 ай бұрын
  • Wow I did not know it was that easy to do this. Good job

    @luisvillalobos4976@luisvillalobos49762 ай бұрын
  • You did a great job. Congratulations. Now it's time to make a welding machine from UPS. 🙂

    @nejatkaraca@nejatkaraca3 ай бұрын
  • excelente trabajo que hiciste un saludo desde Colombia, Barranquilla😃

    @yojanicabreraborja9368@yojanicabreraborja93686 ай бұрын
  • Bro, u just gained another subscriber . A single vid and I m hooked, going to watch the rest one at a time while I cant wait for your next one. ❤

    @zhuzzir@zhuzzir6 ай бұрын
  • AWSOME VIDEO AND PROJECT!! VERY HAPPY TO HAVE FOUND YOU!! i AM ABOUT TO DEEP DIVE INTO YOUR OTHER CONTENT.🛠

    @XCLURICHAUN@XCLURICHAUN6 ай бұрын
  • Buen trabajo, muy creativo de tu parte. Gracias y esperamos mas videos con tus ideas geniales. Good job, very creative of you. Thank you and we look forward to more videos with your great ideas.

    @orlandorocaslalana7155@orlandorocaslalana71556 ай бұрын
  • Hah, gorgeous intro and nice build! Good job Rulof!

    @DonQuichotteLiberia@DonQuichotteLiberia6 ай бұрын
  • Rulof, this is a great video and I truly enjoyed not only the project but also your personality and outside-the-box thinking. I recycle components out of discarded electronics as well and use them in my projects and builds, and I can see now why my friends want me to start filming content - after watching this I'm inspired to share my work as well. Keep on with the great work, you've earned a sub and inspired another creator. Your English is really good by the way, I can see how much work you've put into it. Awesome job describing the why of the process to people as well, not just the how to of it. Strong work my friend

    @neonsynth@neonsynth6 ай бұрын
    • DO NOT TRUST THIS GUY!, see my main comment post, I am all in for sensible designs, but this is clearly a very stupid design, get advice from people who do know, like say EEVBLOG, Electroboom and other guys like that, this is an idiot with a soldering iron.

      @engjds@engjds6 ай бұрын
  • Well done......great job

    @naseemlodhi3273@naseemlodhi32736 ай бұрын
  • Very interesting approach.

    @perrymattes4285@perrymattes42856 ай бұрын
  • Very impressive !

    @jerrellkull5347@jerrellkull53476 ай бұрын
  • excelente video. gracias por compartir

    @pablobasan8664@pablobasan86646 ай бұрын
  • Congratulation!!!! You are a genius Respectfully👍✌️

    @LobytoRuiz@LobytoRuiz5 ай бұрын
  • Don't you need some shield for eye protection, just like when welding?

    @Chaosman88@Chaosman886 ай бұрын
  • Amazing! Congratulations!

    @Mnestori1@Mnestori16 ай бұрын
  • I gotta watch this and pay attention. My man is giving out free high current control candy.

    @Xsiondu@Xsiondu6 ай бұрын
  • Excellent work.

    @gwater12345@gwater123456 ай бұрын
  • Cool project and well explained. Subbed

    @naturbursche5540@naturbursche55406 ай бұрын
  • Awesome work!

    @Engineerd3d@Engineerd3d6 ай бұрын
  • Bravo chef, de l'électronique DIY bien expliqué, unique et excellent. You'r a boss!

    @yancastro2656@yancastro265623 күн бұрын
  • Gracias por compartir excelente 👌🏻 información 😊 saludos cordiales desde México ❤

    @juanmanuelalvarezjimenez1062@juanmanuelalvarezjimenez106222 күн бұрын
  • I learned a lot in your video Thank you

    @soluk4657@soluk46576 ай бұрын
  • Simply Amazing

    @ramirocuentas5999@ramirocuentas59993 күн бұрын
  • Thanks for sharing 👍

    @TheIronHeadRat@TheIronHeadRat6 ай бұрын
  • jan mening tenan cak,mugi dadi ilmu seng barokah,samean pancen ngeten👍🥳🎉🎊

    @om_ichul@om_ichul6 ай бұрын
  • dude is straight out of a iron man movie ! 😳 , I didn't think the heat shrink would take the heat, I think I would upgrade the nails to tungsten. His use of heat sinks is epic . 🤔 maybe in his next video he could do something easy like a diy space ship 😅

    @jacobclark89@jacobclark8928 күн бұрын
  • I bet that is one bad ass plasma cutter

    @loganyoung7038@loganyoung70384 ай бұрын
  • I just learned a lot about a lot excellent descriptions and explanation.. keep up I'm subscribed. I don't have the materials but will return once I do a cutter is great 🎉

    @johnwhitehouse9236@johnwhitehouse92366 ай бұрын
  • Well done 👏

    @ThePhilosophiser@ThePhilosophiser6 ай бұрын
  • Loved the channel!

    @SSOMMERHOFF@SSOMMERHOFF6 ай бұрын
  • Sensacional 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

    @neugivan@neugivan5 ай бұрын
  • Muy buena demostracion y se puede hacer que buena soldora plasma que bien que suelda y corta gracias Arg

    @albertoramonacosta1212@albertoramonacosta12122 ай бұрын
  • incredible!

    @Wanka196@Wanka1964 ай бұрын
  • This is great news. Thankyou. Subbed

    @niconine268@niconine2686 ай бұрын
  • Brillante!

    @rodrigoarielvazquez9090@rodrigoarielvazquez90906 ай бұрын
  • You are killin me over here "Rulof is how to make"

    @Dev_Everything@Dev_Everything6 ай бұрын
  • Hey Rulof, Great stuff mate. You just added a subscriber from Australia. Could you please consider a project showing us how to convert a DC Tig welder to AC/DC Tig welder that can be used for welding Aluminium?

    @davidbandi@davidbandi6 ай бұрын
  • Awesome video man!!

    @arbitraryobjective4904@arbitraryobjective49046 ай бұрын
  • Nice job bud keep up the good work

    @karolstruck9822@karolstruck98223 ай бұрын
  • Bravo. İzlemiş olduğum en güzel videolardan biriydi. Başarılarının devamını temenni ederim...

    @mehmet4x311@mehmet4x3115 ай бұрын
  • thats amazing

    @irushamlabeeb6775@irushamlabeeb67756 ай бұрын
  • Nice work 👍

    @aaronmurphy5060@aaronmurphy50606 ай бұрын
  • Great video! Hope I can visit your shop one day.

    @mark879@mark8795 ай бұрын
  • You need low-pass filter or similiar to protect the welder from high frecuency and high voltage from the flyback.

    @isaacfuertes@isaacfuertes6 ай бұрын
    • not rly as it is just a big mains iron core transformer

      @viermidebutura@viermidebutura6 ай бұрын
    • @@viermidebutura but what about the bridge rectifier? Surely it's not capable of tolerating 40k volts

      @jasonharrison25@jasonharrison256 ай бұрын
    • ​@@jasonharrison25 the high voltage caps in parallel with the bridge will deal with that

      @viermidebutura@viermidebutura6 ай бұрын
    • ​@@viermidebuturaHow high of a voltage are those caps? He never says in the video?

      @snakub4u@snakub4u3 ай бұрын
  • Thank you I will try to make this and let you know how it turns out.

    @robertbarrow7217@robertbarrow72176 ай бұрын
  • amazing somersaults, great results. but tinted goggles are a must; and a serious serious serious disclaimers for when dealing with voltages 220v and above

    @luigicirelli2583@luigicirelli25835 ай бұрын
  • داداش دمتگرم بهنام هستم از ایران کارت خوب بود ممنون یه چیزی ازت یاد گرفتم

    @behnamshafiei4445@behnamshafiei44455 ай бұрын
  • Great video 😮

    @IvanJakesevic@IvanJakesevic6 ай бұрын
  • Phenominal 👌👌

    @CryptoRoast_0@CryptoRoast_06 ай бұрын
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