REVIEW: BestArc BTC500DP 3Gen Plasma Cutter

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@m3chanist Жыл бұрын

It's also a high frequency machine, which makes it a poor choice for use with a CNC plasma table. The amount of EMF thrown off by these high frequency machines makes for resets and glitches in the CNC controller and/or whatever you are feeding it gcode with, even with an obsessive level of shielding on ALL cable runs and the enclosure, = ruined cuts, restarts and scrapped material. KZbin and CNCzone is full of such tales of woe and struggle where the builder eventually throws in the towel and finally goes and buys another cutter, a low frequency blowback start pilot arc. HF is fine for hand cutting, but not CNC unless you like the idea of making a rod for your back.

@tna2me197 Жыл бұрын

I was going to add the same comment. I built my own table and had a lower priced plasma cutter that crashed my computer every time I started the torch. All the grounding and protecting wasn’t worth it. I got an everlast and haven’t looked back.

@GregWellwood Жыл бұрын

Interesting. I'll look into that. Thanks for the heads up!

@m3chanist Жыл бұрын

@GregWellwood The Arcfony cut53 N pro is a good choice for cnc, LF blowback with cnc ports for start and torch height control already built in. Pair it up with a iptm60 or 80 machine torch and it's ideal. A baby hypertherm but with an unfortunate name.

@tna2me197 Жыл бұрын

@@m3chanist thanks! Good to know

@GregWellwood 10 ай бұрын

@@GreoltGood to hear. Since I have this machine already, I'll try it and do up a video. If it sucks, a LF unit is just a visa away. (grin)

@goptools Жыл бұрын

That looks like a nice little unit. I have some frame repairs in my future and there are so many plasma cutters to pick from. Good to see one in action to narrow down the number of choices. The price is reasonable too.

@DragonsFireMetalWorx Жыл бұрын

thanks for the solid review of an affordable, DIY level machine...until robo arms become a little more cost effective, this is a great option for someone who isn't using it daily. Having the capability with the next up unit to install it for CNC is smart by bestarc...they're covering off both niches nicely

@amerigosirangelo2139 Ай бұрын

I purchased the largest version, the 65 Ampere one. When I started it, the machine doesn't run. Once the adjustments have been made, I bring the torch close to the piece and it works intermittently, turning on and off. I checked and changed the nozzles, but nothing helped. Since the parent company isn't responding, I wanted to ask you if you can help me understand whether it's the machine that's having problems or whether I'm making some settings wrong. I'm sending you the same video that I sent to the parent company so that maybe you can understand something about it and give me a hand.

@GregWellwood Ай бұрын

On other plasma cutters I've used, if it runs for a bit and then shuts off, it's usually a bad ground. It could be a dirty surface, a loose wire in the clamp, or a loose wire inside the machine. Check those first. On quite a few of the machines I've tested, there were often loose connections.

@selrahc2061 Жыл бұрын

This does have a steel cabinet. It could easily be put in a small faraday cage with chokes around the leads.

@GregWellwood Жыл бұрын

I added a link in the description to a page that talks about making a HF unit work. I ~may~ try that, but it does seem like a lot of extra work vs buying a LF unit.

@m3chanist Жыл бұрын

The difference between "could work" and "does work" is significant and expensive and also, a well trod path.

@jondrew55 5 ай бұрын

I just got one of these and people need to be cautious about what to expect. To run it on 110V, you're limited by the breaker size of your circuit. The panel says you can drive it up to 35 A. But you'd need a 35 Amp circuit (Bestarc says they recommend a 40 Amp breaker). This is nonsense. No one has a 40 amp 110 residential circuit in their house. And if you run it on 220 V, you're again limited by what the circuit can handle. That said, I don't plan on cutting much thicker than 1/4 material and it works fine at 110 for that on my garage 20 Amp circuit. Make sure you have lots of air, the arc will keep cutting out if the pressure/airflow is not sufficient.

@1982pantro 11 ай бұрын

Can I use a small 6 gallon compressor?,I just want to use the cutter for thin metals to make art and stuff. I can also get a 10 gallon,but again it's just for small sruff

@GregWellwood 11 ай бұрын

If the compressor can privide the CFM that the cutter needs (1.6cfm), then yes.

@1982pantro 11 ай бұрын

Thanks