Plasma is superheated, compressed air that ionizes to form a conductive gas. This gas conducts electricity from the torch of the plasma cutter to the work piece, through a electrode and copper nozzle ...

If you have a well-equipped shop, it isn’t unusual to have a welder. Stick welders have become a commodity and even some that use shield gas are cheap if you don’t count buying the bottle of gas. But ...

What do you get when you combine an arc cigarette lighter and some scrap glass and metal? [NightHawkInLight] created a simple plasma cutter project along with some hot glue and a few simple tools. If ...

Makers, hobbyists, engineers and mechanics looking for an easy way to cut through metal as if it were butter, may be interested in a new desktop CNC plasma cutter named the ArcDroid, created by a team ...

Universal Robots (UR), the leader in collaborative robotics, is set to elevate fabrication automation at FABTECH 2025 in ...

Well, our cyberpunk-weapons-making friend Patrick Priebe has been at it again. Having previously built things like a gauss rifle, a rotary-blade-shooting crossbow and an Iron Man laser gauntlet, he ...