| If you are anything like me then you are as excited as | | | | you are doing work on logging machinery on-site. If you |
| a 6 year-old on Christmas day when you get a new | | | | find yourself in a situation where surroundings are |
| tool to work with. When I got my first plasma cutter I | | | | damp, take extreme precaution. |
| was pumped and ready to whip it out and start cutting, | | | | - While cutting, never touch the torch body or the work |
| but I put it off. I wanted to learn a bit about plasma | | | | piece and do not pick up at cut pieces that have fallen. |
| cutter safety; that is the smart thing to do. The | | | | Keep your hands to yourself. |
| following safety ideas are written for light duty plasma | | | | - The output voltages of a plasma cutter (100-200 |
| cutters that use compressed air, not large scale | | | | Volts) are much great the output voltages of welding |
| industrial plasma cutters that use gas mixtures. | | | | torches. |
| - Plasma cutters work on a different principle than | | | | - When you are clamping the work cable to the work |
| welders. Essentially, when you are plasma cutting, all of | | | | piece make sure that they are touching metal to metal. |
| the materials become part of an electrical circuit that | | | | DO NOT attach the work cable to the piece that is |
| you can open and close with the plasma cutting torch. | | | | going to fall away after you finish your cut. Also, |
| That being said, electrocution is not much fun! Make | | | | where you attach your work cable should be free of |
| sure that you do not stand, lay down or kneel in water. | | | | dirt, paint, rust, etc. |
| Make sure that your clothes are dry. Wear well | | | | This is list is obviously not all-encompassing, so make |
| insulated gloves and boots and ideally you would be | | | | sure that you do more research on plasma cutter |
| standing on dry insulated rubber mats. Sometimes | | | | safety ideas. |
| working in damp areas cannot be avoid; for example, if | | | | |