Cutting without a disc · review
A machine bought to be bolted to a table, not held in a hand — and the cheapest route to a CNC plasma bed here.
Where we come out Excellent value if you are building a table, and the wrong machine entirely if you are not.
A hundred and twenty-five amps and 34 mm (1.34 in) of cut depth, for €699 — less than the 80 A hand machine above it. The catch is not hidden: it comes with a CNC torch.
A hand-held plasma cutter carries a torch designed to be held, triggered and dragged along a line, with a handle, a switch, a guide and the ergonomics that go with them. This one carries a straight machine torch made to be clamped into a gantry head, with height and travel controlled by the table and the arc started by a signal.
That is a real difference in what you can do on the day it arrives, and it is why the price per amp looks unusual.
Thirty-four millimeters of cut depth, which is beyond every other machine here — the 80 A STAHLWERK quotes 25 mm (0.98 in) — and pilot ignition that will cross grating. At this current, three things become planning items rather than details: the electrical supply, the compressor, and fume extraction. Plasma cutting at 125 A over a water table or a downdraft bed is not the same room as a hand cutter on a bench.
Someone building or already running a CNC plasma table, or a shop that needs plate thicker than a hand machine will take. Everyone else should look at the 70 to 85 A machines above: same job, torch you can hold.
Current, cut depth, torch type and ignition come from the manufacturer’s published specification. No duty cycle is stated there, and none is invented here. Market availability was verified per market on the EAN.
Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-13. The live price is at the top of the page.
| Current | Up to 125 A |
|---|---|
| Cut depth | Up to 34 mm (1.34 in) |
| Torch | CNC plasma torch — machine cutting rather than hand cutting |
| Ignition | Pilot arc, contactless — cuts grating |
| Part number | S-PLASMA 125CNC |
| Amazon reference | B00FALN3K8 |
| EAN | 4260223026492 |
It is a straight barrel designed to be clamped in a machine head, without a handle or a trigger — the height and the travel are controlled by the table, and the arc is started by a signal rather than a switch. That is why this machine is cheap for its current: it is not sold with the hand-cutting ergonomics that make up much of a portable cutter’s cost.
Not as supplied, and a hand torch is not a small accessory. If hand cutting is what you need, the 70 to 85 A machines on this page are the ones to look at. Buy this because you are building or feeding a table, not because the amperage is the highest here.
8.1/ 10
Excellent value if you are building a table, and the wrong machine entirely if you are not.
A reference exists on these Amazon stores: France, Germany, Italy, Spain, United Kingdom, United States. Listed is not the same as in stock — availability changes daily.
Details checked on August 13, 2026.
A CNC table build, or a shop cutting plate thicker than any hand machine here manages
Specifications: the manufacturer sheet for welding and metalworking machines and the matching Amazon product page. Prices and availability: Keepa. Every figure on this page names its source.
70 A · PT-80 torch, 5 m (16 ft) · 25 mm (0.98 in) · €522
Sold as a working set — a 5 m (16 ft) torch, earth lead, shield and hammer — with a seven-year warranty behind it.
Best for: A workshop that wants one box, standard consumables and somewhere to send it if it fails
120 V · built-in compressor · 27 lb · inverter · pre-set pressure
A plasma cutter with its own compressor inside — no bottle, no hose, no water trap — and a listing that publishes neither a cut thickness nor an amperage.
Best for: Cutting thin steel anywhere there is a socket, with nothing else to carry
≈ $1085
15–45 A · 15 mm (0.59 in) steel / 8 mm (0.31 in) stainless / 5 mm (0.20 in) aluminum · €330
The first machine here that publishes its cut thickness for three materials instead of one — which is the whole specification.
Best for: A workshop cutting steel plate and section up to about 10 mm (0.39 in), cleanly
