[AT] spot welder

John Hall jthall at worldnet.att.net
Thu Apr 3 19:14:32 PDT 2008


Now you are scaring me--I thought these things were idiot-proof (no offense 
intended). Come to think of it I know a guy that restores Mustangs--maybe 
I'll pay him a visit and get some lessons before buying one. Last time I was 
at his house he was spotting patch panels in a 64 1/2.

John
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From: "Dave Ernst" <shop at cccomm.net>
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> 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
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> From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
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> Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 6:56 PM
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>
> 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
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>> 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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