Had to hammer the clamp off...so it's destroyed.....It left the swivel foot, tho.
Yaknow, I think I'll leave it there as a reminder...I could grind it off and toss the clamp in the trash, but that might make it too easy to forget
Yeah, I actually TOLD myself NOT to do it.....But I did anyway
Had to hammer the clamp off...so it's destroyed.....It left the swivel foot, tho.
Yaknow, I think I'll leave it there as a reminder...I could grind it off and toss the clamp in the trash, but that might make it too easy to forget
Had to hammer the clamp off...so it's destroyed.....It left the swivel foot, tho.
Yaknow, I think I'll leave it there as a reminder...I could grind it off and toss the clamp in the trash, but that might make it too easy to forget
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Hobart 235AC/DC Stickmate
Hypertherm Powermax 45
HF O/A
Longevity Stickweld 140 (intended for Tig)
Hobart 235AC/DC Stickmate
Hypertherm Powermax 45
HF O/A
Longevity Stickweld 140 (intended for Tig)
- Otto Nobedder
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Ouch!
Jody's MIG ground idea works great for other processes, too. For years I've used a 10' length of 2-0 gauge wire with 6' stripped, looped back to the start of the strip & soldered. I can throw it around a pipe (or anything else) and stick the free end through the loop like a "sheep-shank" knot, and plug it directly to the welder or clamp it with the machine's ground clamp. Thousands of copper contact points make it very reliable, and I can turn the workpiece repeatedly without reconnecting the ground.
It could be done just as well with smaller wires. 4 ga. would probably be fine, and for a small cross-section attachment, it could be wrapped several times for extra contact area. I've used mine arc-gouging at 425A.
Steve
Jody's MIG ground idea works great for other processes, too. For years I've used a 10' length of 2-0 gauge wire with 6' stripped, looped back to the start of the strip & soldered. I can throw it around a pipe (or anything else) and stick the free end through the loop like a "sheep-shank" knot, and plug it directly to the welder or clamp it with the machine's ground clamp. Thousands of copper contact points make it very reliable, and I can turn the workpiece repeatedly without reconnecting the ground.
It could be done just as well with smaller wires. 4 ga. would probably be fine, and for a small cross-section attachment, it could be wrapped several times for extra contact area. I've used mine arc-gouging at 425A.
Steve
Yeah, I like his work/ground clamp idea, but this was a C clamp I was using to hold the pieces while I tacked them....I got lazy and reached around behind the pieces and couldn't really see where I applied the tack...LOLOtto Nobedder wrote:Ouch!
Jody's MIG ground idea works great for other processes, too. For years I've used a 10' length of 2-0 gauge wire with 6' stripped, looped back to the start of the strip & soldered. I can throw it around a pipe (or anything else) and stick the free end through the loop like a "sheep-shank" knot, and plug it directly to the welder or clamp it with the machine's ground clamp. Thousands of copper contact points make it very reliable, and I can turn the workpiece repeatedly without reconnecting the ground.
It could be done just as well with smaller wires. 4 ga. would probably be fine, and for a small cross-section attachment, it could be wrapped several times for extra contact area. I've used mine arc-gouging at 425A.
Steve
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Hobart 235AC/DC Stickmate
Hypertherm Powermax 45
HF O/A
Longevity Stickweld 140 (intended for Tig)
Hobart 235AC/DC Stickmate
Hypertherm Powermax 45
HF O/A
Longevity Stickweld 140 (intended for Tig)
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LOL at myself...
I misunderstood. I thought you were using the clamp for ground and threw a li'l tack on it for insurance.
Steve
I misunderstood. I thought you were using the clamp for ground and threw a li'l tack on it for insurance.
Steve