Cutting without a disc · review
A pilot arc at €220 — which is what lets you cut rust, paint and expanded mesh instead of only clean plate.
Where we come out The cheapest pilot arc here, and the feature that decides what you can actually cut.
Forty-seven euros more than the CUT-50 above it, for one difference that changes what the machine can do: a non-contact pilot arc.
A contact-start plasma cutter needs the nozzle touching clean metal to strike. Rust, thick paint or galvanizing interrupt that, and expanded mesh defeats it entirely — every gap breaks the circuit and the arc dies.
A pilot arc strikes inside the torch first, between the electrode and the nozzle, and transfers to the work when it gets close. It starts on dirty material, it bridges gaps, and it will follow a grating or a perforated sheet without stopping. If your cutting is dismantling, scrapping, bodywork or farm repair — where nothing is clean — this is the feature to buy, ahead of any amperage.
Same adjustable pre- and post-flow ranges as its cheaper sibling, same digital display, same silence on the numbers that plasma buyers most need: no cut thickness by material and no duty cycle. Sixty-five amps places it in the same class as machines quoting around 20 mm (0.79 in) in mild steel, but the listing does not say so and we will not say it for them.
Do not idle with the pilot lit. The arc that makes the machine convenient is burning between the two consumables you are trying to keep. Strike, transfer, cut, release.
Current, pilot arc, flow timings and display come from the listing’s published specification. No cut thickness or duty cycle is stated there, and none is invented here. Market availability was verified per market on the EAN.
| Current | 65 A maximum |
|---|---|
| Arc | Non-contact pilot arc |
| Pre-flow time | 1–6 s, adjustable |
| Post-flow time | 0.1–3 s, adjustable |
| Display | Digital |
| Part number | CUT-65 |
| Amazon reference | B0FNKHNHBV |
| EAN | 0197988892656 |
It is a small arc struck between the electrode and the nozzle inside the torch, before the main arc transfers to the workpiece. Because the torch does not need electrical contact with the metal, it will start on rust, paint or a gap — and it will cut expanded mesh and grating, where a contact-start machine stalls every time the metal disappears. The extra electronics are what you are paying for.
It can, if you hold the trigger with the torch off the work. The pilot arc burns between the electrode and the nozzle, and that is precisely the pair you are trying to preserve. Strike, transfer, cut, release — rather than idling with the arc lit while you reposition.
Same shelf, nearest price — what else that money puts on the bench.
7.5/ 10
The cheapest pilot arc here, and the feature that decides what you can actually cut.
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.
Scrapping, dismantling and bodywork — material that is never clean
Amazon reports what buyers took in the month before this page was last checked: at least 50.
The figure is a floor, rounded by Amazon, and read through Keepa — it says what buyers picked, not what a maker claims.
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
Prices quoted in these summaries are dated readings. The live price is shown next to each product.
