A plasma cutter’s tip can reach 25,000 degrees Celsius -- now that’s hot. To keep our hands and eyes safe, we always wear Miller’s safety gloves and safety glasses.

Here's what plasma cutting feels like and how it works. Plasma cutting is an alternative to using an angle grinder, hacksaw, or acetylene torch.

For this plasma cutting technique, we will be removing the metal around the top layer of the spot weld, rather than trying to cut or grind through it.

Miller Electric, Appleton, Wis., has introduced the Spectrum 375 X-TREME portable plasma cutter. Weighing only 18 pounds, the Spectrum 375 X-TREME provides the cutting capacity of machines twice its ...