I finally caved and bought a $600 plasma cutter after years of using a grinder

Had to cut out a crumpled frame rail on a '95 F-150 last Tuesday and the grinder took me 45 minutes, the new plasma did it in 10 with zero heat warping, now I can't believe I waited that long what's the one tool you swore you didn't need until you tried it?

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ellis.jennifer2d agoTop Commenter

Oh man, I gotta push back on this one a little. I've got a buddy who bought one and it sits in his garage 364 days a year. For real, a grinder is way More forgiving on dirty or rusty metal, and I swear half the time I'm still grabbing mine for the noise and control. Plasma cutters are cool but they're a whole different beast to maintain.

michaelw262d ago

Get where you're coming from. I'm the dummy who used a plasma cutter for the first time on a wet Tuesday and blew the air filter sky high. My grinder just sits there mocking me with its reliability. Cost me 200 bucks for a new filter and I still can't figure out how to oil the damn thing right. So yeah, plasma is cool for clean metal but my grinder never makes me feel like a total idiot.