Can the PlasmaCam cut brass? Different consumable would be OK.
I re-read the training materials brochure and it doesn’t address that.
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I’d say it would be worth a try as long it’s not leaded brass. I have some copper sheet still that I want to try, just to test it. Many have asked copper before.
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PLASMA CUTTING RASS I’d test feed rates so you get the cleanest cut possible.
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For anyone wanting copper, brass or 'bronze sheet, check out
NcMurray metals on Main or Elm in Deep Ellum
12x12 in sheets run around $5 multiple gauges available
Nice folkd to deal with also
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Curious what you read; maybe we need to add to something.
The spiel when I teach is “you can cut pretty much anything that will conduct electricity, but some are easier to dial in the temperature, and others are prohibited for other reasons; magnesium we ask you not to cut with the plasma cutter. Mild steel, stainless steel, and aluminum are listed on the reference charts for heat and speed; anything else, you’re on your own. Expect to do a lot of testing.”
A screencap from the wiki page about the PlasmaCAM:
I read the powerpoint presentation that was used, although admittedly the one I have is dated 12/11/16 so it might have been updated. My face is red 
- I didn’t think to read the wiki. My bad …
However, Zach @zmetzing has an excellent point that brass is about 1/3 zinc. I guess that answers my question.
You might want to update the wiki …
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Good point @zmetzing For some reason I wasn’t thinking about the zinc. There are people that do cut brass with plasma cutters, though. Without doing an air sample, we should keep from cutting it.
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Yay, for the prophecy hath come true, and from the mouth of the gods were spake the words foretold “Thou shalt not brass sever upon the alter of the PlasmaCAM.” and so it has been writ:
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Here is the reasoning why you don’t want to breath fumes from burning / melting brass.
Source: Metal fume fever - Wikipedia
Might be a nice add to the wiki as to the why. Many of us don’t like rules that are presented as because I say so. But, giving context why a rule is needed appeases these kinds of people.
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Count me among those.
That information was, in fact, added, during the edit I presented, which comprises the “current” page as presented to the public.
Did you check that out?
Some of us also like for folks to read for themselves, and follow the links we sometimes feed them to back up the decisions made.
Here, I’ll highlight it:
And if you click that link that says “zinc vapor is to be avoided” is goes here.
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/81-123/pdfs/0675.pdf
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Easy for you to say,
I just had a picture in your previous post and screw typing out that long url. I give myself a 10% chance of doing that without error and we all know how forgiving our wiki is for miss typed urls, you can’t even make mistakes in searching the wiki if you expect to find you page.
Also “Metal Fume Fever” has that “You don’t want this” kind of ring to it as compared to the wall of text your PDF links to.
But, these are just minor differences.
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Because I J U S T C A N N O T resist…
http://bfy.tw/FypE
Inserted “METAL FUME FEVER” information into the “Safety” section, while keeping the “cuttable materials” section the same:
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I like it,
The phrasing made me read on when I stumbled across it.
Thanks!
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This might be good to make a chart or tow up and laminate them and keep them
in various areas Metal shop, Machine shop and Jewelry