Yea, having it there and burning up tips can get frustrating. I only wasted one tip so far thats because of a crash on the first run. Since then Ive cut probably 20 parts out of 14G and the tip is holding up. I do use a tip cleaner from my Oxy torch to keep the hole round, and also used some tip spray like I do on my welder, the thicker dip in clogs the holes, but the spray keeps the splatter from sticking to the nozzle.
I ended up using the ref dryer on my main line for the whole shop, and used a Devilbiss clean air system for my plasma. Granted it does more the the ref system, and cost me $522 from my paint supply house. Nice thing is that every morning when I turn the air on it automatically drains the water out. This is good because I am lazy about that stuff.
Ed |