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| Balders |
 Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 5:38 am |
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Please excuse my ignorance here.
What exactly is it on MIGs with Spot Weld timers?
Is it just a setable feed/current time & you plug weld or do you replace
the Tip with a copper point, push hard and hit the trigger?
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| Andrew Mawson |
| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:18 am |
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"Balders" <steve.bonnett@spammenot.baesystems.com> wrote in message
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Quote: Please excuse my ignorance here.
What exactly is it on MIGs with Spot Weld timers?
Is it just a setable feed/current time & you plug weld or do you
replace
the Tip with a copper point, push hard and hit the trigger?
TIA
Certainly on my BOC Autolynx it is a predetermined time to plug weld
with the usual wire
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| Ernie Leimkuhler |
| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:29 am |
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In article <1y1j0bkjtz1zm$.k9hoefhqrwgq.dlg@40tude.net>,
Balders <steve.bonnett@spammenot.baesystems.com> wrote:
Quote: Please excuse my ignorance here.
What exactly is it on MIGs with Spot Weld timers?
Is it just a setable feed/current time & you plug weld or do you replace
the Tip with a copper point, push hard and hit the trigger?
TIA
Yes it is simply a way to standardize welds using the existing gun setup.
I have discovered that a spot/stitch timer can be used as a basic pulser
for MIG welding thin materiel. |
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| Balders |
| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 12:52 pm |
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On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:29:04 GMT, Ernie Leimkuhler wrote:
Quote: In article <1y1j0bkjtz1zm$.k9hoefhqrwgq.dlg@40tude.net>,
Balders <steve.bonnett@spammenot.baesystems.com> wrote:
Please excuse my ignorance here.
What exactly is it on MIGs with Spot Weld timers?
Is it just a setable feed/current time & you plug weld or do you replace
the Tip with a copper point, push hard and hit the trigger?
TIA
Yes it is simply a way to standardize welds using the existing gun setup.
I have discovered that a spot/stitch timer can be used as a basic pulser
for MIG welding thin materiel.
Thanks guys.
Is it worth having for a hobby welder or saving a few quid (bucks) and not
having it?
I've done manual plug welds with no problems, although it could stop me
being over eager on stitch welds & distorting panels  |
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| David Billington |
| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 4:19 pm |
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Balders wrote:
Quote: On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 14:29:04 GMT, Ernie Leimkuhler wrote:
In article <1y1j0bkjtz1zm$.k9hoefhqrwgq.dlg@40tude.net>,
Balders <steve.bonnett@spammenot.baesystems.com> wrote:
Please excuse my ignorance here.
What exactly is it on MIGs with Spot Weld timers?
Is it just a setable feed/current time & you plug weld or do you replace
the Tip with a copper point, push hard and hit the trigger?
TIA
Yes it is simply a way to standardize welds using the existing gun setup.
I have discovered that a spot/stitch timer can be used as a basic pulser
for MIG welding thin materiel.
Thanks guys.
Is it worth having for a hobby welder or saving a few quid (bucks) and not
having it?
I've done manual plug welds with no problems, although it could stop me
being over eager on stitch welds & distorting panels ;)
My MIG welder has a spot weld timer but I never use it. I find it easy
enough to watch the weld and time it manually on those occasions that I
have used it for plug welding on car body work or similar. |
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| Balders |
| Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 5:59 am |
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On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 20:19:36 +0000, David Billington wrote:
Quote: My MIG welder has a spot weld timer but I never use it. I find it easy
enough to watch the weld and time it manually on those occasions that I
have used it for plug welding on car body work or similar.
Triffik, I like answers like that  Sounds like I'd be better saving a few
quid.
I need a nice portable MIG ie liftable down a couple of steps so I'm
looking at a few options & wondered if a spot weld timer was worth having. |
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