How to make yourself a cheap Spot Welder

[vdk2010]

Not that I need one, nor that I know how to use it, but looks like a very useful tool for just the price of a microwave.

[video=youtube_share;vrlvqib94xQ]http://youtu.be/vrlvqib94xQ[/video]

 

[67Monaco]

Thanks for posting.

This site has some gems hiding in the pages there;
http://www.homemadetools.net/

 

[barnfind]

Good paint booth builds on that site

 

[300rag]

From my knowledge and experience in the electrical field, that spot welder is just so unsafe. To start with, encasing electrical equipment in a combustible enclosure is assinine. Then there is the lack of ventilation for the transformer. The loose, unprotected wiring to the micro-switch is also unsafe. Sometimes I think there really needs to be a you-tube censor.

 

[barnfind]

From my experience in the paint field one has to isolate electrical from vapor, this is easily accomplished by belt driven units and explosion proof lighting

 

[70bigblockdodge]

Ahhh you guys are paranoid what could possibly happen.........

 

[commando1]

Just open up the battery box on your rig and hook up a set of jumper cables.
At the other end of the set of cables, clamp one of them to what your welding and the other to a section of steel coat hanger.
There. I fixed it.

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[70bigblockdodge]

That's my induction heater for stubborn bolts and nuts that you can't put a torch to.