Hpertherm 30 or TD 39 torches

[Lee Clark]

Hi,
Well, my last question wasn't popular! After doing a little more research I'm looking at the same machines everyone else seems to settle on.

They appear to be quite similar, with a minor advantage of power going to the TD 39, and it looks to me like the TD 39 doesn't require quite as much air pressure? That would be important to my tired old compressor.

The Hypertherm 30 torch looks like it would be easier to see what you are doing, being more slender towards the tip. Has anyone used both of them? Any suggestons?

Thanks
Lee

[Pumpkinhead]

Hi,
and it looks to me like the TD 39 doesn't require quite as much air pressure?

the TD requires 5cfm@65 psi
the Hyper requires 3.5@65

both are substantial flows for a tired old compressor.