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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby The Duck Hammer » Wed Oct 23, 2013 4:40 pm

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The video worked for me when I watched it just now???


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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby assateague » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:02 pm

Hallefuckinglujah. When I checked it on Monday, it said the guy's account had been terminated, and all his videos were gone. Which brings up a question- cam you download YouTube videos to a thumb drive?
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Wed Oct 23, 2013 5:19 pm

assateague wrote:Hallefuckinglujah. When I checked it on Monday, it said the guy's account had been terminated, and all his videos were gone. Which brings up a question- cam you download YouTube videos to a thumb drive?

I'm pretty sure there's a way bc you can turn music videos into song files and put them on your iPod bc I saw my brother do it. I am not tech savvy enough to figger it out tho.


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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby rozzo842 » Wed Oct 23, 2013 6:24 pm

assateague wrote:Just picked up the 240V plug, electrode holder (clearance at Lowe's for $4.99), spade connectors, and some 8 gauge wire. All I need now is one more transformer and the leads for the ground and electrode and we're in business. I'm having a bitch of a time finding the 4 and 5 gauge stranded flexible rubber cord. Pissing me off.


I have a bunch of old welding leads. How long of a piece do you need?
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby assateague » Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:59 pm

I don't know. How long are they usually?
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby assateague » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:00 pm

Here's the math. See? It's science- it has to work.

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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby Feelin' Fowl » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:09 pm

I don't see enough word problems for that to be math.

Are you sure it's not spelling questions or history written on that thing?
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby assateague » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:28 pm

Well, we did try and use a doubles fact and making tens to calculate the voltage but it didn't work. Silly old multiplication and division. Damn my education, that didn't teach me how to use 17 steps to solve when 3 steps would do. Damn them to hell.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby The Duck Hammer » Wed Oct 23, 2013 9:33 pm

:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby rozzo842 » Thu Oct 24, 2013 10:30 am

assateague wrote:I don't know. How long are they usually?


I've seen then all different lengths. How far away from your power source do you want to weld? I believe the leads on my mig are 10' I've seen leads on a stick connected together and gone 200'
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby rozzo842 » Thu Oct 24, 2013 10:38 am

This is about 10'. Complete with an old shitty electrode holder.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby assateague » Thu Oct 24, 2013 11:56 am

I appreciate it, brother, but my neighbor just "donated" an old set of jumper cables. I think I'm good to go. Got the other transformer out this morning, and now trying to dig all the epoxy out so I can pull the primary and wind a new secondary. I may be welding by the weekend. Or crying over the smoldering ashes of my shop from a hospital bed. Either way.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby The Duck Hammer » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:30 pm

You wouldn't happen to have a generator with a 220 do you? Might be better off trying it in a field instead of your shop.


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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby huntall6 » Thu Oct 24, 2013 12:57 pm

rozzo842 wrote:This is about 10'. Complete with an old shitty electrode holder.
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I actually much prefer the old style rod clamps like that. All of them at work are the twist tighten kind and it takes too long to switch rods if you are doing a lot of welding. Plus the 90 degree angle feels more comfortable to me.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:24 pm

The Duck Hammer wrote:You wouldn't happen to have a generator with a 220 do you? Might be better off trying it in a field instead of your shop.


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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby assateague » Thu Oct 24, 2013 2:50 pm

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rozzo842 wrote:This is about 10'. Complete with an old shitty electrode holder.
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I actually much prefer the old style rod clamps like that. All of them at work are the twist tighten kind and it takes too long to switch rods if you are doing a lot of welding. Plus the 90 degree angle feels more comfortable to me.



That's what I got that they had on clearance. The video has a guy holding the rod on the end of the lead with a pair of vice grips he's also using as a handle. While I understand the theory, and that this is safe, there's no effing way I'm doing that. Electricity scares me.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby rozzo842 » Thu Oct 24, 2013 3:18 pm

assateague wrote:I appreciate it, brother, but my neighbor just "donated" an old set of jumper cables. I think I'm good to go. Got the other transformer out this morning, and now trying to dig all the epoxy out so I can pull the primary and wind a new secondary. I may be welding by the weekend. Or crying over the smoldering ashes of my shop from a hospital bed. Either way.


Glad you got it worked out.


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rozzo842 wrote:This is about 10'. Complete with an old shitty electrode holder.
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I actually much prefer the old style rod clamps like that. All of them at work are the twist tighten kind and it takes too long to switch rods if you are doing a lot of welding. Plus the 90 degree angle feels more comfortable to me.


I like the clamp style too, these are just some crappy ones.

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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby assateague » Sat Oct 26, 2013 10:36 am

Got the secondary coils wound on, and the primaries back in place. Epoxy the bottoms back on, and tomorrow plug it in and see what happens.

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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby rebelp74 » Sat Oct 26, 2013 11:36 am

That's awesome, best of luck, hope it's safe and congrats on possibly finally getting a welder.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby 3legged_lab » Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:14 pm

What's the investment for this possible auto-electrocution machine so far?



And for the record, I don't think you are doing this to be cheap but just to see if you can.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby assateague » Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:56 pm

I'm not sure- I have a couple pieces to return, and a couple pieces to get, but I think right now I'm at $38 or so.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby assateague » Sat Oct 26, 2013 3:57 pm

And you're probably right.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby 3legged_lab » Sat Oct 26, 2013 4:31 pm

assateague wrote:And you're probably right.

About the self-sufficiency, or the electrocution?
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby assateague » Sat Oct 26, 2013 5:33 pm

50/50.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby 3legged_lab » Sat Oct 26, 2013 5:38 pm

assateague wrote:50/50.

On which one?
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby assateague » Sat Oct 26, 2013 8:17 pm

Both, of course.



Just got back with my pack of welding rods and a 99 cent clamp which is gonna be the ground clamp. I think I have everything for the test run. If it works, I've got big plans for a cabinet.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby The Duck Hammer » Sat Oct 26, 2013 8:40 pm

assateague wrote:Both, of course.



Just got back with my pack of welding rods and a 99 cent clamp which is gonna be the ground clamp. I think I have everything for the test run. If it works, I've got big plans for a cabinet.



Why did you buy a clamp? The clamp from the jumper cables would have worked fine.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby assateague » Sun Oct 27, 2013 7:00 am

I'm going to use the leftover wire from the secondary coils instead.
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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby FlintRiverFowler » Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:40 am

assateague wrote:I'm going to use the leftover wire from the secondary coils instead.

Last post I can find by you is this one two hours ago.... You alive ? If so, did it work?


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Re: Homemade Arc Welder

Postby Eric Haynes » Sun Oct 27, 2013 9:48 am

I'm about to just buy you a damn welder.

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