Hand held. Sent from my iPhone
> On Mar 23, 2024, at 6:16 PM, Ken Hohhof <khoh...@kwom.com> wrote: > > Hand held? Or like a CNC machine? > > ---- Original Message ---- > From: "Chuck McCown via AF" > Sent: 3/23/2024 6:27:37 PM > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" > Cc: "Chuck McCown" > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT Laser Welder > > A lot like using a glue gun. > > Sent from my iPhone > >>> On Mar 23, 2024, at 3:59 PM, Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: >>> >> ? >> I bought a laser welder with the hope it would improve my fuel and hydraulic >> tank welding. I was very skeptical that such a small bead would be strong >> enough. But it is as strong as the base metal and is a perfect weld. Even >> over dirty and rusty metal. Super fast. You only need glasses or goggles. >> Not even that bright. Brazing is brighter. And with minimal heat to the >> workpiece too. >> >> Today, we were putting a PID temperature controller on an old glass bead >> oven/kiln so I can do some temperature research on my diamond cutter bits. >> >> The guys had mounted the controller in a place where its terminals could >> come in contact with some 120 VAC going to the heating elements if the >> controller was wiggled a bit. And they didn’t have the bezel hold down on >> properly so it was wiggley. I noticed the problems immediately. While they >> did a good job centering the controller in the middle of the control panel, >> it had to be offset a bit to the right and down to make sure there was no >> chance of things ever touching. >> >> So I cut a rectangular piece of 16 gauge steel with a rectangular offset >> hole in it for the temperature controller. Then cut some notches in the >> panel to accommodate the offset. Then put some tiny weld beads on the back >> side so there are no welds visible from the outside. Super nice repair job. >> Those tiny weld beads are if a 6” man with a tiny MIG welder got in there >> and did them. >> >> I welded this in with the temperature controller installed in the patch. It >> was a half inch away from the weld. Nothing got hot enough to smoke or melt >> or deform. >> >> So easy to do perfect work on super thin metal. And it will do aluminum >> too. It does take nitrogen shielding gas and probably uses more than a mig >> welder but that is no big deal. Nitrogen is cheap and you can buy nitrogen >> filters to make it yourself. >> >> If you even need to do some rework or or repair to a metal instrument panel, >> this is the tool you want. >> From the thinnest sheet metal up to .250” it can make anyone a pro. >> >> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> AF@af.afmug.com >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com
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