Build thread: nickel strip spot welder from microwave oven transformer
Re: Build thread: nickel strip spot welder from microwave oven transformer
One of the reasons I'm comfortable with the spot welder: As long as I don't leave anything exposed, the only gap between + and - will be the 1/8" or so between the 2 electrodes. Both the plasma cutter and fractal burning provide a new wealth of potential ways to die.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
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Re: Build thread: nickel strip spot welder from microwave oven transformer
1000 amps...sounds like potentially fatal to me...much less mix in some salt water...
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Re: Build thread: nickel strip spot welder from microwave oven transformer
It's a lot of amps, but the voltage is low enough that it doesn't want to arc everywhere and kill you. Even so, the number of Youtube videos I see of people using one of the electrodes as a handle makes me pucker just a little...
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
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Re: Build thread: nickel strip spot welder from microwave oven transformer
At what voltage? Regardless of the answer to my previous question I would not want my heart to be in path of that charge seeking a ground source!
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Re: Build thread: nickel strip spot welder from microwave oven transformer
1 to 1.5 volts. Anything under 2 volts will be a win.
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
Re: Build thread: nickel strip spot welder from microwave oven transformer
Added some screenshots to the second post (the solid-state build)...
Understeer: You will hit the wall with the front end.
Oversteer: You will hit the wall with the rear end.
Horsepower: How hard you will hit the wall.
Torque: How far you will move the wall.
Gone hunting with Alec Baldwin and Dick Cheney. Back soon.
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Re: Build thread: nickel strip spot welder from microwave oven transformer
So anything over 2v would be a loss. What defines "loss".
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Re: Build thread: nickel strip spot welder from microwave oven transformer
Your wife is an intelligent person...My wife was not thrilled about this part of the project: removing the secondary winding. I used a chisel to cut through the loop on each side of the transformer. Once the wires were cut, I drilled out a small cross-section of the secondary wiring (it's really packed in there). Once you have managed to create some wiggle room, use pliers to pull out the remains of the secondary winding.
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Re: Build thread: nickel strip spot welder from microwave oven transformer
Meh. I never feel more alive than after they run a few hundred amps through my chest32wildbilly wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 10:33 amAt what voltage? Regardless of the answer to my previous question I would not want my heart to be in path of that charge seeking a ground source!
Re: Build thread: nickel strip spot welder from microwave oven transformer
You sure about that? She married and continues to live with him after all...32wildbilly wrote: ↑Thu Apr 11, 2019 10:42 amYour wife is an intelligent person...My wife was not thrilled about this part of the project: removing the secondary winding. I used a chisel to cut through the loop on each side of the transformer. Once the wires were cut, I drilled out a small cross-section of the secondary wiring (it's really packed in there). Once you have managed to create some wiggle room, use pliers to pull out the remains of the secondary winding.