Wow! $1100 in a day, that's a pretty fine day's work for sure!
If you don't mind me asking, how much work was entailed with the $1100 order(s)? I mean, was it enough work to keep you busy for weeks afterwards?
I imagine sign work would be a good place for plasma cutting. There's no real need for laser or high definition plasma accuracy in sign work, but a hand cut sign would probably end up looking a pretty bad without a lot of care.
We used to buy lettering about three to four inches tall from 3mm sheet for around 50p a letter I think - about a 75c to a dollar I guess. With some careful nesting, you could fit a lot of letters on a standard sheet.
I've been talking to a guy at Hypertherm over the last few days. I wanted to know why it is that the machine torches of the plasma cutters are rated at less than half the capacity of the manual torches for the same unit. He told me that it's simply the vertical piercing causing the machine torches to clog up faster.
I discovered that by running the cutting path in at the side of the work, and then using a continuous cutting path, you can use the machine torches as though they were manual torches - effectively doubling their capacity. A continuous cutting path also means less dwell time and less wear produced on work within it's normal piercing capacity.
As this thread is about making money from plasma cutting, I thought this may be of interest.
Best wishes,
John