I was browsing through some old emails and stumbled on this one.
Mike, any updates on your project? Did you use the H-F spot welder?
Eric Russell
Mebane, NC
http://home.mebtel.net/~ejrussell
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Rambour" <mikey@b2systems.com>
To: "Eric J Russell" <ejrussell@mebtel.net>
Cc: "shop-talk" <shop-talk@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 4:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Shop-talk] resistance (tong type) spot welders
> 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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