We had an old Hypertherm in the shop that sadly got destroyed in Hurricane Sandy. I loved that thing. 5/8" plate was a breeze with it. The only thing I wasn't too fond of was the cloud of blue-green gas that it made every time we used it. Made a ton of targets for our black powder shoots...
This was a regular occurance on my old job. I worked at the conservation dept. and we had 3 tugs and a fleet of smaller boats. And almost weekly one of the tug captains would tell us he had something in the wheel.... We'd haul it and get busy with knives hacksaws sawzalls and once in a great...