plasma score

After so many hours of making an enormous mess with cutting discs, cutting in cramped spaces, having countless discs explode in my face, kickbacks, and having to nibble out curves, I saw the light yesterday (ridiculous pun intended).  I dropped by Eastwood today in Pottstown and snagged a plasma cutter since it was on sale (best wife ever BTW).

It is a very weird feeling to get no feedback at all while cutting.  When you cut things any other way you can feel cutters strain under load and use it to judge your speed.  It is really empowering and a bit spooky to make zero effort moving the cutter.

It seems that 45000°F plasma is not good for garage floor paint (who could have guessed that?) Not much I do out there is good for garage floor paint. (Honestly, is there a better way to move a transmission than dragging?)  I will have to make an effort though because this is a little over the top.