Cost vs a mig welder?
On Sat, Mar 23, 2024 at 9:35 PM Chuck McCown via AF <af@af.afmug.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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