RedMF40
Well-known Member
So the outlet for the Linde welder is all done and I had a chance to fire it up just today. Sorry, not going to show you the welds. No can do. Maybe when I've made some improvement I'll post the pics. What I can do is describe what I was trying to do: make small tack welds to hold a 7/8" bolt in place. This was a test bolt. Well, I got a bit carried away and used up a whole rod on these tack welds. That is SOME tack weld, hahahaha! Went all the way around the bolt.
So it works.
For the practical application, I'll apply what I learned very briefly on the car lift I just put in my shop. Old Benwil lift, once the darling of GM dealerships back in the day. My wedge bolts are sticking out just a bit too much, and now it's impossible to pull them out of the concrete and drill the holes deeper. So I want to tack weld them to the base of the lift just enough to make it so I can thread the nuts onto them without them spinning. And it's not all the bolts, just three of them. The others are fine.
That's the plan. And I'm encouraged by the welds I just made, ugly as they are. Very happy with the Linde. Will use it a lot more before trying out the Lincoln Arcweld.
Gerrit
So it works.
For the practical application, I'll apply what I learned very briefly on the car lift I just put in my shop. Old Benwil lift, once the darling of GM dealerships back in the day. My wedge bolts are sticking out just a bit too much, and now it's impossible to pull them out of the concrete and drill the holes deeper. So I want to tack weld them to the base of the lift just enough to make it so I can thread the nuts onto them without them spinning. And it's not all the bolts, just three of them. The others are fine.
That's the plan. And I'm encouraged by the welds I just made, ugly as they are. Very happy with the Linde. Will use it a lot more before trying out the Lincoln Arcweld.
Gerrit