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    Home made spot welder from old microwave oven transformer

    made this spot welder using one transformer from a microwave oven, just replace the secondary winding(high voltage side - very thin wires) with a few turns of welding cable wires.
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    Jon (Feb 3, 2016), kbalch (Feb 4, 2016), WinDancerKnives (Oct 24, 2016)

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    Hi profpat,

    Welcome!

    Nice spot-welding rig!

    What else are you working on these days?

    Ken

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    Thanks profpat! We've added your Steady to our Welding category, as well as to your builder page: profpat's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:


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    Home made Spot welder from a micro-wave transformer.

    Do you have any details regarding the build?



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