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Home made welder?
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 11:49 am
by Garth
Stumbled across this on a home improvement forum, thought it interesting if valid.
http://www.dansworkshop.com/Homebuilt%2 ... lder.shtml
Any of you tried this?
Have fun,
Garth
Posted: Thu Dec 30, 2004 2:44 pm
by Mike F
I have not built it, I've never seen it before, and I'm only a hack electrical guy, but I see some issues.
#1, anything you build yourself would probably have a very short duty cycle (use vs. cooldown time)
#2, the amperage is not adjustable (from what I can tell from the schematics) which makes it almost completely useless except on a specific thickness of steel.
I love the concept! I'd gladly try my best to build one, but I think it's too narrow of a product. I could be wrong, I only did a cursury glance at it.
Edit: Ahem. Read article, then post. I'm unsure about the control system for amperage (and modifying the transformers) but it seems reasonable. If anyone makes one, I'd like to hear about it.