My dad has a large soldering iron, there's large gauge solder there too, and a brazing torch with the dials and an oxygen bottle and what I'm guessing is an acetylene bottle. I guess that attaching studs to the car with them would be impractical since it seems you'd need to be able to hold the...
Nice one Melvyn, thanks; that Silverline slide hammer has a M12 thread and it's a lot harder to find a chuck that will mount onto that than I expected so the washer may be the way to go.
Wow, seek and ye shall find. I just saw this video on youtube (), the guy is using a $10 keyless chuck on the end of his slide hammer, it seems to pull studs really well. Now I just need to find out what size the thread is on the cheap Silverline slide hammer and get a chuck that fits that...
I found a shroud like your picture at https://www.eastwood.com/welders/stud-welders.html. There are several interesting options there too.
I like that little attachment at the end of the slide hammer, I have seen it in the videos of the Harbor Freight stud gun sold in the USA, and the chinese...
Thanks Mike, that picture is exactly what I'm hoping to be able to do, although I'm worried I won't have the skill; I'll need to get a scrap panel and practise on that first. It's good to know the 1 inch nails are sufficient, those coated studs that the stud welder guns use are pretty expensive...
Hello, my car is 20 years old and there are a few serious dents from getting hit in parking lots. I can't afford a professional job but I need to fix them so I was going to get a gun-type stud welder, but then I figured it makes more sense to get a small gasless welder that I could use for...