Gday! Great video, thanks for putting it up there. I'm trying to do small welds with stainless steel .. you mentioned you had to upgrade machine for stuff like this.. can you let me know what you did there? its doing fark all for me, even on the top setting
the wires are the 1st thing. fatter wires at least 25 amp all the way to the circuit board. inside you will find empty slots for more capacitors. you can add caps. also the thickness of the trace on the circuit board that leads from the caps to the wires that run the the earth tweezers and rod. also look at making good connections to the tweezers, also possibly upgrade to brass or copper plated tweezers because of the losses in the stainless steel. every little thing helps, china has scrimped big time on these... they are barely fit for purpoise
Thanks for posting and answering questions. Do you think that you could use this for sterling and gold 2mm diameter wire? I want to use it to weld rings for Cuban link chains instead of soldering. Any thoughts?
Hello there, I have a question, do you think this will work for what I want to do with it? I need to "fill up" deep scratches in watches. The working Material would be Stainless steel and want to "weld on" some thin stainless stell wire as a filler and then sand it flat. Do you think that could work, because I have only seen people doing it with laser welders and these are to expensive for me. Best regards an greetings from germany, Simon
sounds plausible, you will need to add inert gas or you will be cleaning every zap... its easy to pipe down the back of the torch. i used the fill method to join a broken silver ring, i filed a V in it then used same metal as the ring (925 sterling) and that is when i found the problem of eddy currents from the earth point would move the metal to the opposite side the earth tweezers were held... probably only happens on rings, a flat surface doesnt circulate the eddys the same but worth noting if you get one and the metal jumps. also the wires need upgrading, all the way back to the board, amd recommend adding more capacitors. the board has room for them. watch slapdashmakers modding vid as well as mine
@@m3sca1 Thank you so much for your answer;) I have already seen the modding vids and I will try that out. Sorry, but could you explain the part with the gas a bit “simpler”, my english isnt that good so I don’t understand that.
@@sm_pc5268 TIG welding uses argon welding gas to stop the oxides forming in the heat. i drilled a hole in the back of the welder torch and connected it to a bottle of welding gas. it makes for clean welds.
Sorry my questions is if i could use this machine to repair glasses I want to know if it is possible to repair glasses and if you could try the machine soldering broken glasses I would appreciate it very much
Ok i see. This should do it but the problem is the metal filler wire must be the same metal as the glasses. Process requires cleaning the oxide off between zaps and grinding off the filler material when it goes messy.
better to use the same metal as the job, since it does not have to flow like solder, and hook up the argon gas...rather fiddly getting the feel for where to hold the filler wire in between and leave a small spark gap between the rod, filler wire, and the job. The more expensive units retract the rod to make the correct size gap each shot...these cheap chinsee machines require more user skill.
No i have only tried stainless steel, silver, and gold. I am unable to recommend amperage values because I don't know how many amps my machine delivers. The knobs have no amps numbers, only says fine control or coarse control (in chinese).Best suggestion is to play around with some scrap pieces and set it low. Work your way up until it makes a solid weld and doesn't blow a hole through. Thin silver and gold will vaporize at very low settings. Also remember I have upgraded my machine and deliveres a lot more now than when I first received it. I was only good for thin chain links before modification.
Yes I did get a successful weld. I was just blasting away with no regard for the result on that ring. I have since learnt that the same metal as the job in wire form works well as a filler. It won't melt thick stuff and after the upgrades i did gets better heat to the tip. It works best on joining small jump rings for chain. The job needs to be cleaned every zap or the oxides covering the metal will prevent fusing and create beads that sit on the job rather than melt down and form a blob. In some cases the old solder is gonna be your best bet, but in others the welder. It also helps for tacking things together before soldering. Reducing wire work or pinning in job prep before the blow torch comes out.
G'day, "Sparkle Welding"..., eh ? That's a new one on me... When I welded up a Windmill from grey-painted 1.2mm Steel, with the Old Man's Electric Arc-Welder, I achieved a similar finish..; which turned out to be structurally strong enough - but other, more accomplished, Welders always called what I did "Elephant-Snot Welding, with big & small blobs stuck all over the place..." (!). I had no idea that it's possible to buy a miniature Spot-Welder, designed to deliberately produce tiny little Elephant-Snot jointings on Gold Jewelry....! The World is getting weirder...., daily. Have a good one, ;-p Ciao !
Yeah i guess sparkle is the english word for how they describe the action. I am getting better at it and just upgraded the chinsee wires from the board. Using a thin wire to donate metal to the splat seems to be working nicely. I see a demo shows them filing a V and filling the V with a wire that is the same metal as the job. I just tried solder wire and it looks a bit better than my first efforts 😂
+m3sca1 Kool Bananas..., I was kinda tickled at the breathtaking idea of deliberately welding in Blobs like that...; back in the day everybody was trying to weld in uniform neat straight lines...(!). Have fun with it, ;-p Ciao !
yeah I know my technique is terrible, upgrades have bought more pixies to the work face...electro1662 says it looks like it should and just needs inert gas and then we can call it TIG welding....practise practise and I will get better technique!
please try to weld any glasses to know if this machine could serve me I have seen that only weld jewelry please could upload some video tutorial welding glasses I work repairing glasses for that reason I would like to know if this machine could help me I'll thank you so much
Gday! Great video, thanks for putting it up there. I'm trying to do small welds with stainless steel .. you mentioned you had to upgrade machine for stuff like this.. can you let me know what you did there? its doing fark all for me, even on the top setting
the wires are the 1st thing. fatter wires at least 25 amp all the way to the circuit board. inside you will find empty slots for more capacitors. you can add caps.
also the thickness of the trace on the circuit board that leads from the caps to the wires that run the the earth tweezers and rod. also look at making good connections to the tweezers, also possibly upgrade to brass or copper plated tweezers because of the losses in the stainless steel.
every little thing helps, china has scrimped big time on these... they are barely fit for purpoise
Thanks for posting and answering questions. Do you think that you could use this for sterling and gold 2mm diameter wire? I want to use it to weld rings for Cuban link chains instead of soldering. Any thoughts?
no. it will be easier to solder. it wont have the balls to work 2mm wire without a serious upgrade of the board and lead cables and added capacitors
Hello there, I have a question, do you think this will work for what I want to do with it? I need to "fill up" deep scratches in watches. The working Material would be Stainless steel and want to "weld on" some thin stainless stell wire as a filler and then sand it flat. Do you think that could work, because I have only seen people doing it with laser welders and these are to expensive for me. Best regards an greetings from germany, Simon
sounds plausible, you will need to add inert gas or you will be cleaning every zap... its easy to pipe down the back of the torch. i used the fill method to join a broken silver ring, i filed a V in it then used same metal as the ring (925 sterling) and that is when i found the problem of eddy currents from the earth point would move the metal to the opposite side the earth tweezers were held... probably only happens on rings, a flat surface doesnt circulate the eddys the same but worth noting if you get one and the metal jumps. also the wires need upgrading, all the way back to the board, amd recommend adding more capacitors. the board has room for them. watch slapdashmakers modding vid as well as mine
@@m3sca1 Thank you so much for your answer;) I have already seen the modding vids and I will try that out.
Sorry, but could you explain the part with the gas a bit “simpler”, my english isnt that good so I don’t understand that.
@@sm_pc5268 TIG welding uses argon welding gas to stop the oxides forming in the heat. i drilled a hole in the back of the welder torch and connected it to a bottle of welding gas. it makes for clean welds.
@@m3sca1 Perfekt, thank you so much!
Sorry my questions is if i could use this machine to repair glasses I want to know if it is possible to repair glasses and if you could try the machine soldering broken glasses I would appreciate it very much
Ok i see. This should do it but the problem is the metal filler wire must be the same metal as the glasses. Process requires cleaning the oxide off between zaps and grinding off the filler material when it goes messy.
Wonder if you put gold solder in between the metal if it would work better
better to use the same metal as the job, since it does not have to flow like solder, and hook up the argon gas...rather fiddly getting the feel for where to hold the filler wire in between and leave a small spark gap between the rod, filler wire, and the job. The more expensive units retract the rod to make the correct size gap each shot...these cheap chinsee machines require more user skill.
can this machine weld aluminum on brass or opposite?
I think you could do with some more distance away from the needle, if you keep pressing it into the thing then it won't last as long.
Yeah i needed a lot more practice
have you tried welding many different type of metal? can you advise what CURRENT to fit what type of metal ( gold, steel, alu...etc)?
No i have only tried stainless steel, silver, and gold. I am unable to recommend amperage values because I don't know how many amps my machine delivers. The knobs have no amps numbers, only says fine control or coarse control (in chinese).Best suggestion is to play around with some scrap pieces and set it low. Work your way up until it makes a solid weld and doesn't blow a hole through. Thin silver and gold will vaporize at very low settings. Also remember I have upgraded my machine and deliveres a lot more now than when I first received it. I was only good for thin chain links before modification.
Would it make less burn marks if it was used in an argon filled enclosure?
Nitrogen and Argon are the same
scorch marks are easily wiped off
Have you tried to clean this black coating around the weld? Is it easy to remove / polish?
Yes...i use a wet brass brush to clean now. I do that every time before a new weld. Otherwise the filler wire don't stick because of the oxide layer.
You spent a long time on that ring, did you ever get a successful weld. I think standard soldering on gold works best
Yes I did get a successful weld. I was just blasting away with no regard for the result on that ring. I have since learnt that the same metal as the job in wire form works well as a filler. It won't melt thick stuff and after the upgrades i did gets better heat to the tip. It works best on joining small jump rings for chain. The job needs to be cleaned every zap or the oxides covering the metal will prevent fusing and create beads that sit on the job rather than melt down and form a blob. In some cases the old solder is gonna be your best bet, but in others the welder. It also helps for tacking things together before soldering. Reducing wire work or pinning in job prep before the blow torch comes out.
What kind of input current needed
It has a 10 amp plug. Surely wouldn't use that much.
Thanks plases if you find any broken glasses please upload some video tutorial dont worry if you can t now, i can wait ok
G'day,
"Sparkle Welding"..., eh ?
That's a new one on me...
When I welded up a Windmill from grey-painted 1.2mm Steel, with the Old Man's Electric Arc-Welder, I achieved a similar finish..; which turned out to be structurally strong enough - but other, more accomplished, Welders always called what I did "Elephant-Snot Welding, with big & small blobs stuck all over the place..." (!).
I had no idea that it's possible to buy a miniature Spot-Welder, designed to deliberately produce tiny little Elephant-Snot jointings on Gold Jewelry....!
The World is getting weirder...., daily.
Have a good one,
;-p
Ciao !
Yeah i guess sparkle is the english word for how they describe the action. I am getting better at it and just upgraded the chinsee wires from the board. Using a thin wire to donate metal to the splat seems to be working nicely. I see a demo shows them filing a V and filling the V with a wire that is the same metal as the job. I just tried solder wire and it looks a bit better than my first efforts 😂
+m3sca1
Kool Bananas..., I was kinda tickled at the breathtaking idea of deliberately welding in Blobs like that...; back in the day everybody was trying to weld in uniform neat straight lines...(!).
Have fun with it,
;-p
Ciao !
yeah I know my technique is terrible, upgrades have bought more pixies to the work face...electro1662 says it looks like it should and just needs inert gas and then we can call it TIG welding....practise practise and I will get better technique!
please try to weld any glasses to know if this machine could serve me I have seen that only weld jewelry please could upload some video tutorial welding glasses I work repairing glasses for that reason I would like to know if this machine could help me I'll thank you so much
trouble is that I have no broken glasses!
Hello i want to buy this machine to sold eyeglasses, please could you sold any eyeglasses to know it can be sold please
i do not use eye glasses, I use the smartphone camera and use it zoomed.
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