If you're doing long, time-consuming cuts or cutting in an automated set up, be sure to check into the plasma cutter's duty cycle. Duty cycle is the time you can continuously cut before the machine or ...

Metal fabrication is all about building and customizing your 4x4. We show you some advanced metal cutting with a new plasma cutter: the Cutmaster 52 from Thermadyne. More inside Four Wheeler Magazine.

So how well does one stand up? The Backyard Scientist finds out by running a cutter through its paces, including going against a 1,000 pound safe.