http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=453368

can anyone who is a member there please get that guy to explicitly write up what he did for that?
i need to boost my miller.

-derek

 

Probalby just disconnected the welder power supply and hooked the other power source in it's place. Look for the big red wire inside and swap it out. I have a wire feeder that I can power off of anything that'll supply enough power, like my arc welder or a couple of car batteries and it'll work just fine. The wire feeder controls the arc voltage and current by varying the wire feed speed.

 

i know the way it works, i just want that guy to tell someone on that board that his is still working, and about the electronics components he changed.

-derek

 

Maybe I'm missing something but given that you've been looking for this answer for two weeks now, is there any reason you don't sign up on Pirate and ask him yourself?

Looking at his profile his birthday is a week from today - send him an electronic b-day card.

 

can you get me his email then?
im not hard pressed for the answer so much as to sign up there.
im a member of over like 40 sites on the web and i dont feel like adding another to that, just for one ? lol.
theres just too many and i wouldnt post there enough to make it worth it now.

thanks.

 

The email addresses aren't exposed, you have to use the forum interface to send an email or PM. I don't really want to deal with the Wrath Of Pirate and it's members otherwise I'd post into that thread or drop him an email on your behalf. From reading that thread, it looks like he's well known - there's no way I'm gonna ask a newbie question like this.

There's no rocket science here... Welding at this level is all about just generating and controlling a boatload of current.


I'm on a crapload of forums and mailing lists as well. I get traffic from threads I post into but nothing more. For example, in the year I've been on Pirate, I may have gotten one email from the site. There's no overhead in signing up...

 

i dont think he disconnected his supply on his 135... just doubled up with the car charger.

by supplying it with an addtional supply of current he is able to boost the amount of D/C amps he can weld at.

 

so you cant send him a PM, and link this thread to him and say it wasnt you?

yes i can visually see exactly what he did, but i want to know all the little things he did, before i try it.

 

Saw this and thought of you...

http://www.hackaday.com/2006/09/21/m...en-arc-welder/

 

thats great Mark!

 

its been a month, I wonder if he has joined pirate yet...

 

nope. like i said, not wanting to join another board just to get one ? answered.

 

then it sounds like you'll be waiting a long time for your answer...

 

yeah really, just join and ask him rather than trying to get someone else to. in the time and effort you've wasted around here trying to get someone else to send him a message, you could have done it yourself about 30 times.

 

not really looking for an arguement or advice. just relevant info.

thanks though.

 

Thanks Mark, I just threw out an old microwave that I had no use for at the time! :pat:

Here is another homemade special:
http://classicbroncos.com/homemade-welder.shtml

This one's a bit more exotic looking:
http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/my-d...der-77730.html

 

haha wow. this thread makes me laugh.

 

no kidding. i wonder if he's still sitting around waiting to be spoon fed instead of just signing up???

 

like i said. there no need for you guys to be jerks here. im not looking to sign up for another forum just to answer one question.

please dont post if youre going to be that way, and not contribute.

 

i'm not being a jerk here. i just think that it's hilarious that you need this answer so bad, but won't sign up for a forum to get it...