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I told myself NOT to weld my clamp to the workpiece, but..
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 2:13 pm
by FluxCore
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
Re: I told myself NOT to weld my clamp to the workpiece, but
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:45 pm
by Otto Nobedder
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
Re: I told myself NOT to weld my clamp to the workpiece, but
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:49 pm
by FluxCore
Otto 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
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...LOL
Re: I told myself NOT to weld my clamp to the workpiece, but
Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 3:55 pm
by Otto Nobedder
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