I am getting ready to buy a plasma cutter. I've never owned one myself but used one at work for years and took air supply requirements for granted. Now that I am going to have to be aware of it I realize I may need to get a bigger compressor. You guys and/ or gals that have a plasma machine; How big is you compressor??
The plasma machine I am looking at requires 270 scfh ;4.5 cfm @ 60 psi. I saw a compressor at HF that claims a rate of 6.0 scfm @ 40 psi - 4.2 scfm @ 115 psi. By doing the math, this seems to cover the range but it only has an 8 gallon tank. Do I need a bigger tank? Whats the difference between cfm and scfm? Same thing??
Pre-thanks for your input
