I'll let you guys know how it works out as I go. I know there is a lot of animosity toward these machines and I had trouble finding accurate info about them. So I'll post my experience. I had a few welding jobs to do around the house, and the "out of work" welder i contacted was high if he though I was going to pay his rate.
So far I only played with the plasma. I cut a piece of .25 inch diamond plate steel. It is going to be the base of a brewery i'm building. heavily corroded steel but I wire brushed it. Seemes like I was getting good contact. Running on 110V DID NOT WORK WELL. Note the 1/4 inch plate is larger than spec, and this was my first time SEEING a plasma cutter. But I got a few inches in sputtering, splashing back etc. Then I blew my first fuse(in the house)....... Ended up on my neighbors 220V plug and the thing cut like butter, but it was easy too go too fast and have to wait for the cut to catch up. That said, it did a reasonably clean cut for my first time. I had it set to 37 amps, But I think I may have turned it up to there when I got to the neighbors house.
And here is the cut metal. I started lifting too high and had bad arc control, but i can't blame the machine for that. nothing the grinder can't clean up quickly