Plasma Gouging or Carbon Arc Gouging? You decide.

Can an old dog learn new tricks? Lets find out. Follow along as I put this New Hypertherm Powermax 85 Sync to the test. I will be highlighting the advantages and capabilities of both processes, Carbon Arc and Plasma gouging. Hypertherm sent over their new unit for us to examine so sit down buckle up your seatbelts and breakout the popcorn.

[charleswilson]

Isaac, I've got 40 yrs in the welding industry. Heavy equipment, certified pipe welder aerospace and nuclear power stations. Your teaching skills, experience and work ethic etc make your videos the best on utube. Most of what you do can't be taught in a school. A wise youg man should watch what you do very closely if wanting to get in the welding industry. You da man.

[kody]

Your "I've seen a lot of YouTube videos" joke was very funny, and very relatable

[dans_Learning_Curve]

It's nice that Hypertherm has recognized you and provided equipment!

[._boostbus]

You make carbon arc look easy!! Haha, i just arc’d out some pieces on a stinger for a semi trailer yesterday, and i am just amazed at your skill. With all that you do. Love watching your videos

[LukeA_]

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the arc shots, especially at 13:27. That made it so much easier to see what's going on in there

[bombardierqtrlbpsi]

If you turned the amps up. I was wondering if the arc from the plasma torch would be long enough where the nozzle wouldn't hit the pin boss. And you could maneuver the gun around the boss. Great Job sure a nice unit.

[johnwesner]

Great comparison! As you stated, most of the work we tradesman do is based on years of perfecting our skills. I had to laugh at your " just watch it on YouTube" comment. Our better educated friends think that's all there is to it!:) Much respect!

[GTL]

I’ve always been a carbon arch guy an I like to use plasma, the plasma would be good for small quick jobs, heck I still gouge with a torch lol but this was a very insightful video 👊🏽

[ronriehle]

Any time is a good time for gouging videos. Who doesn't want to see you make the sun on earth !

[tandemwings]

I do a lot of carbon arc gouging, but I have never before heard of plasma gouging. Looks like a real good trick.

[trace]

I cannot afford either one so I guess it really doesn't matter. But I do enjoy watching people do things I cannot afford. Pumping gas is my latest fantasy.

[dr.feelgood]

i must have picked up something from watching your skillful technique... about a month after watching this video, there was an large excavator bucket showed up at the fab shop i work in, and i agreed to remove a cracked tooth adaptor with the carbon arc. i had less than 10 mins prior experience using it, but i impressed the hell out of the boss, by doing it fairly quick, and for not gouging into the base metal. by the end of the day i got a 2$/hour raise. keep making great videos, you're awesome man!

[markmunro]

Thank you Isaac. I just added two torches to my wish list.😊

[tda]

Thank you for sharing once again. To be honest, everything you do is a little magic to me and I would not have been surprised if all you did was tap the ear 3 times with your leatherman and it disassembled itself in respect. 😀

[thebarleymow]

I have arc welded over the years and have plasma cut at times but never had to gouge any metal. Your really well produced video shows quite clearly to me that the carbon arc is a much better system. Thank you and well done.

[erichill]

Very interesting video. I have done quite a bit of airark gouging over the years doing heavy equipment repairs. I have used a plasma torch for cutting and like the way plasma cuts. That’s the first time I have seen plasma used to gouge out a weld. With your experience using stick air ark clearly that proses looked a bit cleaner. But maybe with practice plasma gouging could look as clean. Also I liked that you used the 2 different plasma tips. Very interesting. I enjoyed this one 👍

[MrKotBonifacy]

"Relax, I've seen a lot of YT videos" - Sir, are you suggesting something...? ;-) "Wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more, say no more!" ;-)
EDIT: I also have to add that it was a very "in depth comparison" of those two methods, something I always wanted to see. Very informative indeed. Thanks a lot.

[rickhaass]

Very good video - this is the first time I have actually been able to see what was going on in the puddle - thanks.

[garsonprice]

Excellent welding description, excellent video production with proper background music and volume. Two thumbs up from New Brunswick, Canada, IC. Subscribed!

[bennytheball-nq]

Brilliant demo of different techs. Your finesse/accuracy is very impressive to a keyboard expert like me. Thanks