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26th July 2015, 11:38 AM #1
What welding tools and acessories have you made?
Being somewhat of a tool stickbeak, I enjoy seeing what gizmos,tools and equipment people have thought up to improve their welding.
My welding often includes fiddly bits that are often dwarfed by the outright size of the welding earth return clamp and cable, making them difficult to position/and blocking access to weld.
I have made a manual operated positioner years ago so the fiddly bits are up high. The extension cable idea came to me after problems setting up small pieces to weld and having trouble with the large A section earth clamp.
The unit is very quick to attach and detach with a couple of pair of 5"cheapy vice clamps I had, attached at each end.The cable was the smallest cross section available at the welding supply shop.
Connectors were made from copper tube and connected to a 6mm S/Steel bolt welded to the vice clamps.
What item/s have you created to to make the welding process a bit easier for you.
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26th July 2015, 11:49 AM #2.
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It's not quite clear to me what these are for Graeme.
Do you insert this cable between the Welder earth and the piece?
How about a pic showing then in use?
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26th July 2015, 12:28 PM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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First tool
This is the first tool I made when I first started work. All welders in the factory where I worked had their own tools: Helmets, G clamps, hammers chippers, etc. This is the only tool I have left from those days, I used it every day for about six years until I gave the welding game away, from then on it has seen regular use in my shed. So it'd be about 50 years old now.
Just a simple flat bastard welded to a bit of tube and ground to suit, for the life of me I just can't remember re grinding it either, although I must have at some stage for it still to be in use. Funnily enough I don't remember seeing any welder with anything but these type chippers, we had a couple of the common spring handle types that sat on a shelf in one of the tool cupboards, but that was the only action they ever saw.
That terrible weld would have been one of my first I would think, doesn't look the best, but at 50 years old I think it has served it's purpose!
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26th July 2015, 12:38 PM #4
BobL, Yes that's exactly what I do.
When I have small items to be welded I usually do them on my welding positioner. It is a turned down 50m diam towball locked between 2 rings.It allows movement through 90 degrees, flat to vertical.
The unit raises whatever there is to be welded to near shoulder height. It helps with declining vision and removes the need having to bend down.
The existing earth return clamp and cable was big, heavy and ungainly - heavy clamp and cable - hard to position.There were times the earth could only be positioned in such a way that made a difficult approach angle for welding or tacking.
The light weight extension earth cable quickly connects between the old heavy earth clamp and the work to be welded on. The vice clamps allow quick re positioning. It is meant for work where the current setting would be under 100 amps which is 80% of what I do. I'll take a picture of it connected ,soon.
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26th July 2015, 03:58 PM #5
Shamelessly stolen from Jody of Welding Tip & Tricks - these are very handy items. Just a lump of old scrap steel with 2 short legs and a long finger made of 3/8 rod. The ends of the rods are tipped with a bit of braze metal to aid with conduction from the welding table.
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26th July 2015, 08:04 PM #6GOLD MEMBER
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Hi Gavin, interesting piece of gear, but what's it for or do? Please explain!!!
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26th July 2015, 08:21 PM #7
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26th July 2015, 08:50 PM #8Philomath in training
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This has been posted in the main forum, but perhaps worth posting here -
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A jig for welding up bandsaw blades. The copper block is used as backing, the small pieces of blade are run-on/ run-off strips. The copper block slides out for annealing after welding.
Michael
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26th July 2015, 11:49 PM #9GOLD MEMBER
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Good one Michael, never thought of using over run blocks.
Kryn
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27th July 2015, 02:28 PM #10
Michael,
Your B/saw blade welding jig raises a question. The tooth pitch looks like a metalworking blade.
Are you buying Bi Metal blade in bulk rolls?
A while back I looked the cost of a 100ft roll on 1/2" x 10/14 blade and was quickly discouraged by its price . Are you just cutting blades to saw out blind holes, or do you have you a stash of blade stock?
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27th July 2015, 07:31 PM #11Philomath in training
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I have a stash of blade stock - only carbon steel as my bandsaw has small wheels and I'm told that the bimetal blades won't take the flex. 100ft roll will give me a bit over 30 blades - I think I worked out the break even point was around the half way mark. I think the best bit is that I don't have to begrudge changing blades or being caught on a weekend with a broken blade and no way of replacing it. I make up 3 or 4 at once (including rejoining some that break) and I'm away.
The original post. https://www.woodworkforums.com/f65/tig-welding-bandsaw-blades-143247
My law of welding says that the best welds are where people can't see them so typically this one did not have quite enough heat and is a bit lumpy but then again, it dressed back and worked.
MichaelLast edited by Michael G; 27th July 2015 at 07:35 PM. Reason: added link
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