P patreusch Member Messages 110 Apr 10, 2009 #1 could you use an ac buzz box as a power source and a board like shenion has made as a switch
shenion Tool Pack Rat Messages 7,586 Location Stone Mountain, GA USA Apr 10, 2009 #2 The board only controls a small DC current, at about 5A. It normally drives the field of an alternator.
The board only controls a small DC current, at about 5A. It normally drives the field of an alternator.
P patreusch Member Messages 110 Apr 10, 2009 #3 im saying like putting a tig torch on it and a board to start the arc because i don't think you could without touching the workpiece
im saying like putting a tig torch on it and a board to start the arc because i don't think you could without touching the workpiece
shenion Tool Pack Rat Messages 7,586 Location Stone Mountain, GA USA Apr 10, 2009 #4 You can do scratch start, but it is not ideal. On AC you would need a HF uit to maintain an arc.
graffian Seer unto the end of his beard Messages 3,793 Location gatwick Apr 11, 2009 #5 there is a thread on cnc zone[in welding,brazing and soldering] about a home made ac tig. The original poster wasmakinga tig out of microwave tranformers if I remember rightly but there was a lot of other information.
there is a thread on cnc zone[in welding,brazing and soldering] about a home made ac tig. The original poster wasmakinga tig out of microwave tranformers if I remember rightly but there was a lot of other information.
