14 gauge mild. Had some of the cleanest cuts yet on 14ga

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Ended up with some pretty clean pretty good tolerance 14 gauge mild steel parts today.

I wish I would have took a picture of the back side almost zero dross after the cut.

I use a standard 45amp shielded consumable pack with the settings straight out of hypertherms cut chart.

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They use the exact same leaf shape cut the inside for the holes and the outside for a few extra leaves that are going to be tacked on the outer layer. the fit between the two was crazy tight.

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When’s this piece gets installed I will post some of those pics too.

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amazing cuts…not even a pierce mark…no lead in…or lead out…super nice cuts…and nice patina work…

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I am using a lot of no lead in settings as well. Beautiful cuts. I know you said your using a 45amp consumable. Are you cutting at 45 amps?

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Yes I ran these cuts at 45 amps.

I did have lead-ins and lead outs, these were cut as a outside in an inside piece.

The outside shape and the inside shape did fit perfect though.

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That makes a bit more sense. On 16 gauge I am getting away with no lead ins. I was hesitant to do it on 14 gauge hence why I was curious what ur cut amperage was. My day is now complete. I have learned something new. Lol.

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Are you using sheetcam and can you post a screenshot of all your settings?

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I am not using sheetCAM. I use Fusion 360 CAM

I almost exclusively run the settings straight from the hypertherm 85manual.

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Beautiful work. It’s also great to know that such clean cuts are possible.