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Message #10639



To: tom brusehaver tbruseh@altavista.com
From: John Eaton jeaton@gold.tc.umn.edu
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:52:31 -0600
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Light Duty Electric Welder






> On Fri, 11 February 2000, Richard Piotter wrote:
>
> >
> > Hello. I am interested in purchasing or building a small electric welder
> > that would opperate off of a 120 volt line and use fairly thin welding
> > rod for point or light duty arc welding of light metals of low
> > thickneses (brass, iron, steel, copper sheet and rod primarily).

I think you should consider brazing, hard soldering or soft soldering (similar
except for temperature and filler material). Especially if you joining
thin materials of different types. (ie. I don't think you can weld copper to iron or
steel.) Do you use aluminum? I think there was an article about
metals and joining of metals for robots in one of the early issues of "Robots and
Technology" or is it "Robot Technology"?? I don't get the
magazine but maybe someone else could look it up. I would recommend a propane torch
with pizeo start like Benzomatic about $40 at Home
Depot.


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