Eric,
Perfect, thank you for the response, its what I was hoping for. I was
hoping someone here had actually used the HF one, sounds like it will
work good enough for me.
I am in Santa Barbara, Calif. and thanks for the offer of the loan, bet
that once I get all the sheet metal bent and in place I only need the
welder for 3 or 4 days but you are right, shipping it will cost more
than buying one and having it for other uses in the future.
Oh and since I was asked why don't I buy the firewall and floor panels
with the quote "since they are made for most cars". I am putting
together a 1934 Singer Le Mans, you don't call too many people and buy
those parts. The original firewall was a mixture of wood and aluminum
and the trans tunnel was made of "I sure don't know", the floor is just
plywood. I don't have most of those parts so I am building a proper
firewall with no flammable wood and then a nice trans tunnel, I will
still use plywood for the floors. I had hoped to get to the UK this
year for Singer national so I could take LOTS of pics since I have not
seen another one of these here in the U.S. but I wont get there this
year and don't want to wait anymore, so I will guess it best as I can
and no one in the U.S. will know its wrong anyway (this list excepted of
course).
mike
Eric J Russell wrote:
> I bought the H-F unit to spot weld on the sills & pillars for my MGA.
>
> It works adequately for my purpose. I made a few test welds using
> scraps of sheet metal then tested them to destruction. They were hard
> enough to destroy to satisfy me. BTW, I also used 'weld through'
> primer between the pieces. It does burn away the primer in the heat
> affected zone but didn't seem to adversely affect the spot welds. Keep
> in mind the unit is quite heavy - a factor if you must contort into
> odd positions or make long reaches to make the welds. Also, the sheet
> metal should fit together well in order to make good spot welds. Don't
> use the tong's clamping force to draw the parts into contact.
>
> H-F does sell a set of 'extended reach' tongs. They are not available
> in the retail stores though. And now I can't find them on their web page.
>
> Where are you in cyberspace? You are welcome to borrow mine but it is
> probably not worth shipping vs buying one on sale at H-F.
>
> Eric Russell
> Mebane, NC
> http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Rambour"
>>
>> I was looking at a tong type resistance spot welder,
>>
>> Looking for suggestions, will the HF unit work for one job ? will I be
>> sorry I got it ?
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