Diamond Plate Project with PP205 Plasma with Pics

[Buggy Chief]

I just installed aluminum diamond plate for my flooring of my cargo Trailer. I had to rip 4' x 10' sheets as well as make circle holes to accommodate the tie down anchors. My Plasma cutter did an amazing job. My lines were perfect and true. I accomplished this by buying the instruments from plasmahelper.com. I also made the diamond plate cabinet from scratch and welded it with my PP205. Really enjoy working with it.

[posixPilot]

Buggy,

Excellent looking cuts! And I really like the guide system that you found. A couple of questions about the guides ... What size of collar did you use for the A81 torch? Also, how does the center pivot of the circle cutter attach to the base metal?

Edit: Never mind, I see that you have a different torch ... It just looks similar to the A81.

Thanks
Mike

[Ray]

Buggy,

Excellent looking cuts! And I really like the guide system that you found. A couple of questions about the guides ... What size of collar did you use for the A81 torch? Also, how does the center pivot of the circle cutter attach to the base metal?

Edit: Never mind, I see that you have a different torch ... It just looks similar to the A81.

Thanks
Mike

looks like the S45.

[Buggy Chief]

You guys are correct it is the S45 Trafimet.

[sportbike]

Trailer looks very nice. I may do mine with rubber tread plate. it's a bit bigger than yours and would take quite awhile and cost a small fortune to use aluminum.

[everlastsupport]

Very nice. Off to see what plasmahelping tools they have on their website. And try not to spend any money.

Did you have the diamond plate or buy it at current prices? Sure it was not a cheap venture, but it does look nice.

How think was the plate and what type of sub-fllor or structure?

[Buggy Chief]

Very nice. Off to see what plasmahelping tools they have on their website. And try not to spend any money.

Did you have the diamond plate or buy it at current prices? Sure it was not a cheap venture, but it does look nice.

How think was the plate and what type of sub-fllor or structure?

I bought the diamond plate and it is .063 thick and sub floor was 3/4" plywood. I ended up buying 4 x 10 sheets. I really had to search for a great price. I ended up buying it for about 1/2 of what i was paying. I live in Charlotte and found the metal supplier that supplies all of the Nascar teams called stock car steel. I think about $100 per sheet. Thanks for the positive feedback.

[everlastsupport]

Ahh, so laid it over old floor. Makes it look nice $$$.

That is not a bad price on the diamond plate. They get $95 for 5'x10' 3/4-9 steel expanded down here.

[Buggy Chief]

Ahh, so laid it over old floor. Makes it look nice $$$.

That is not a bad price on the diamond plate. They get $95 for 5'x10' 3/4-9 steel expanded down here.

Pretty much tried to make it easy on myself. I then got 3/4 aluminum angle to trim out the job. As far as price...I just asked around and kept digging until I found a supplier with great pricing. The good thing about Stock Car Steel is that they don't have minimums. I can literally buy a 1' piece of flat bar at a great price. They will cut and give you just what you need.