The invention provides a pilot arc chopped wave control circuit and a cutting machine. The pilot arc chopped wave control circuit comprises a power switch device drive circuit for generating a pulse width modulation drive signal under low power grid input condition and limiting the current of a power switch tube, a differential amplification sampling circuit for sampling and amplifying the current under low power grid input condition, a current feedback loop control circuit for regulating the pulse width of the pulse width modulation drive signal according to the amplified current signal, and a pilot arc current reflowing circuit for reflowing the current to a main loop for transmission to a spraying nozzle of the cutting machine when the power switch tube is closed and the output negative terminal is positive, wherein the power switch device drive circuit, the differential amplification sampling circuit, the current feedback loop control circuit and the pilot arc current reflowing circuit are conductively connected in sequence. Ultramicrocrystal main transformer bias and pilot arc overcurrent protection are avoided, the success rate of arc starting is increased, the pilot arc current is stable, the arc cannot be broken, the small-current constant-current control is achieved, and the problems of arc starting and arc breaking under low power grid voltage input condition are solved; and meanwhile, the loss of the pilot arc and the pilot arc of the spraying nozzle is reduced, and the control circuit is long in service life, durable and reliable.