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Another happy hypertherm owner here. I have a powermax 45 and love it. Have cut up to 5/8" with no problem. When I was shopping all of the local welding suppliers said spend the extra money on a hypertherm because plasma is their only game. One piece of advice I'd whatever you get buy the sleeve for the lead, mine is less than a year old and the outer sheath on the lead is split in one spot