Bought my Crossfire a few months ago and haven’t had a single day of use where something didn’t go wrong. It has nothing to do with the table or the torch, it’s entirely the fact that living in Georgia is like trying to fabricate in a swamp!
Started out with an inline air filter but that was quickly overcome with humidity.
Ordered an inline desiccant setup and within a single 8 hour day (I usually work at my shop on Sundays) I managed to soak 2 different batches of the desiccant material and the torch quit firing and ruined quite a few pieces of metal.
Bit the bullet and ordered the Harbor Freight refrigerated air dryer ($440 shipped) and managed to get an absolutely flawless day of cutting and painting with it! I was elated that I could now fulfill all of the orders that people wanted.
Fast forward to today - get to the shop, turn on the air compressor and I hear a hissing noise coming from the air dryer. Kill the air to it, drain the pressure from the line and IT’S STILL HISSING! The damned thing, now on it’s second use, popped a hole in the cooling line and leaked all of the freon in about 2 minutes (nice big chunk of ice formed). Dead in the water. Managed to get 2 pieces cut before the compressor built up it’s normal amount of water but that was it.
Fortunately it’s only been 25 days since I initially purchased said air dryer so I can take it back and get a refund but now I think I’m going to have to pony up more money for a better air dryer.