[AT] spot welder

[Dave Ernst]

Mine's a Dayton.
Had it for years and still am a novice when using it. Different metals, 
different coatings, different thickness all equate to different pressure and 
time of arc. I am so talented with it that one out of three welds fail or 
look ugly.  I've resorted to using it to weld item sides that cannot be 
seen.......
My two bits
Dave
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] spot welder


Thanks for the input Larry. I see a lot of these on Ebay. I am considering
trying one from Harbor Freight. No more often than I would use it, it would
probably be just fine.

John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
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Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] spot welder


> Yes, John.  I used one similar to the Harbor Freight style when you could
> still get them as "Made in America".  The one I used was 110 volt, but it
> was also water cooled.  I wasn't using it for production work, so the
> water-cooled function was unneccessary.  I used it for repairing spot
> welds on all sorts of things -- sheet metal, wire grids like shopping
> carts, etc.  I needed to adjust the clamping force with the power off, but
> it did a good job.
>
> Larry
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Hall <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
> Date: Sunday, March 30, 2008 16:18
> Subject: [AT] spot welder
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>
>>  Anybody have experience using "cheap" spot welders? I
>> needed one Fri to fix
>> the grill on a Faramll 140 but welded it OK with the stick
>> welder--the
>> repairs were inside. Got a couple more projects that spot
>> welding would be
>> nice for. I see Harbor Freight has spot welders pretty cheap in
>> 115 and 230
>> volt--they look the same but the 230 can weld thicker matl.
>> Thoughts, reccomendations and/or opinions on the matter?
>>
>> John Hall
>>
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