Wait, you actually cut through a full inch of steel with a plasma cutter? I always heard those things were only good for thin sheets (you know, like auto body work). Slicing through a beam like butter sounds crazy, especially with less mess than other methods. Did you have to use a special setup or was it a standard machine? I'm kinda shocked because I've seen people struggle with torches on stuff that thick. This totally changes how I think about plasma cutters for heavy duty jobs.