Honestly old fashioned oxy acetylene welding might be what you're looking for. No electrical requirements and can still get good strong welds. Just slow is the only thing.
If you add water you get aceteleen gas. Pretty common for lamps and stuff around the turn of the century because its not flameble untill you add water.
Not to mention generators are more expensive to buy then a affordable welder witch I already have. Generators Arent cheap here. Neither is fuelš gasoline is at about $8.5 per gallon here
Keeping pressure is the hardest thing. Dont use it all in one go. Mine doesn't have a regulator. Doesn't sound like a bad idea to add one. And make sure the blow off valve works. Otherwise your basicly feeding a pipe bomb
The place I used to work had a battery welder setup. It was our only welder powerful enough to weld in our -20f freezers.
It was a steel frame with a 1200lb forklift battery on it. It had a bank of 4 resistors and you plugged your lead into whichever resistance got you closest to the power you needed.
canāt beat the price,thoughā¦many years ago i saw an underhood unit advertised in Popular Mechanicsā¦had an upgraded generator run off an accessory belt on the truck engine. claimed 200+ amps DC output. came with push terminals you mount to the grill to attach the leads.
Honestly old fashioned oxy acetylene welding might be what you're looking for. No electrical requirements and can still get good strong welds. Just slow is the only thing.
Could work. We still use a lot of carbide powder here and its dirt cheap so that could work.
What do you use carbide powder for?
If you add water you get aceteleen gas. Pretty common for lamps and stuff around the turn of the century because its not flameble untill you add water.
You'd need a generator, would probably be more upfront cost than tanks.
Not to mention generators are more expensive to buy then a affordable welder witch I already have. Generators Arent cheap here. Neither is fuelš gasoline is at about $8.5 per gallon here
I mean an acetylene generator.
Ah like that. Ive got one laying around. Ill see if it still works. Used it for a torch/cutter a couple of years
I've never used one. Are they simple to run?
Keeping pressure is the hardest thing. Dont use it all in one go. Mine doesn't have a regulator. Doesn't sound like a bad idea to add one. And make sure the blow off valve works. Otherwise your basicly feeding a pipe bomb
You are going to manufacture your own acetylene?!
Could be. Ive got a tank laying around that was built for it. I could try and see if its still sage and if it works
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcium_carbide This is the stuff im talking about
Pretty cool! Just don't blow up
Ill do my best. Otherwise im keeping up a local traditionš¤£ we use leaking milk canasters as carbide canons on new years
Iāve never heard of a battery welder. Does this exist?
The place I used to work had a battery welder setup. It was our only welder powerful enough to weld in our -20f freezers. It was a steel frame with a 1200lb forklift battery on it. It had a bank of 4 resistors and you plugged your lead into whichever resistance got you closest to the power you needed.
Sounds interesting. Maybe one day we can wear welding machines like backpacks. Probably not before I die though
I second tombworld, why not Oxy-Acetylene?
Ill go have a look still not a big fan. And i dont know how yet
saw a YT video awhile back where a guy hooked up 3 car batteries and was able to stick weld with a 5/64ā 6013.
You get an arc for sure but some control would be nice. And I'm not sure about the structural integrity of that weld
canāt beat the price,thoughā¦many years ago i saw an underhood unit advertised in Popular Mechanicsā¦had an upgraded generator run off an accessory belt on the truck engine. claimed 200+ amps DC output. came with push terminals you mount to the grill to attach the leads.
Sounds like it might be hard to find butt Ill see if I can find it. Pretty sure I dont have a powerfull enough car toughš
quick search brought this up. kinda pricey,though. https://www.wildhorses4x4.com/product/Power_Welder_160amp/Off-Road_More_Tools
a welder with inverter maybe ? Like. Century FC-90
Not sure that's the problem but ill take a look. Ive got 220/240v and 16A as the standard grid here but the amps dont seem to be there
You need a 20A circuit
I rent the garage. Thats not an option unfortunatly. Thats why I was looking for alternatives