Hypertherm 65 or 85?

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I just don’t want to have problems getting clean cuts on thinner gauge if I get the 85.

Here’s some cutting I was doing on some 26 gauge galvanized.

HVAC parts Square to Rounds 26 GA galvanized

I have made quite a few square to rounds over the years but this is the first using a CNC. Over the years I became very familiar with laying out and fabricating square to rounds by hand. When SketchUp came came out I started laying out fittings in that CAD environment , Acquiring all the true lengths, then stepping out the points with a compass on my sheet metal. Then I bought a bigger printer and could print out sometime 20 pieces of paper glue them down to the sheet metal, then cut out of t…

I ended up turning my machine down to 25 amps and running it at 300 in per minute but I think it does a nice job.