Morning All,
Been discussing with a couple of 'car' friends the merits of spot welding v rose/puddle welding for replacing car panels (think 1960's stuff, so forget about modern high grade steels for the purposes of this...) We've all got conventional spot welders with various arms, which are great where acces allows, but start to struggle when youre trying to replace floorpans, and replicate original welds.
Now, a little bit of research shows me that single sided spot welders DO exist, but are three phase, and mega bucks (like £2k+). On the other end of the scale are things like these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124175051985 which i suspect to be a little to good to be true (anyone confirm/deny?).
Somewhere in the middle, we have stud welding guns (right idea, single sided application, but i strongly suspect a little/lot low on power for melting 2 0.9mm panels toghether securely)
Does anyone have any experience of doing anything like this with any sucess/failure? We've even been discussing the merits of modifying a spotwelder, but again, theyre not especially cheap, and while learning is 'fun' if someone has 'been there and done it' it would be nice to find out before we spend time/money!
Cheers,
Pete
Been discussing with a couple of 'car' friends the merits of spot welding v rose/puddle welding for replacing car panels (think 1960's stuff, so forget about modern high grade steels for the purposes of this...) We've all got conventional spot welders with various arms, which are great where acces allows, but start to struggle when youre trying to replace floorpans, and replicate original welds.
Now, a little bit of research shows me that single sided spot welders DO exist, but are three phase, and mega bucks (like £2k+). On the other end of the scale are things like these https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/124175051985 which i suspect to be a little to good to be true (anyone confirm/deny?).
Somewhere in the middle, we have stud welding guns (right idea, single sided application, but i strongly suspect a little/lot low on power for melting 2 0.9mm panels toghether securely)
Does anyone have any experience of doing anything like this with any sucess/failure? We've even been discussing the merits of modifying a spotwelder, but again, theyre not especially cheap, and while learning is 'fun' if someone has 'been there and done it' it would be nice to find out before we spend time/money!
Cheers,
Pete