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sergiosparks
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Philippines
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Posted - Jul 12 2010 :  02:33:54 AM  Show Profile  Send sergiosparks an ICQ Message  Reply with Quote

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I got this 800 watt Transformer from a microwave oven and sawed of
its secondary high voltage windings.Tied one turn no.22 to it and
got 1.1v ac,made the turns 2 and got 2.3v ac.,I'm still looking
for a really heavy gauge copper wire.800W/2.3V =347.8 Amperes wow
but i don't know if that would be enough to melt say no.14 AWG to a
thin sheet of metal?I do not have any idea about resistance welding
i mean how many volts,amperes,and dwell time.Does somebody know
of a 'site' or idea ?it would be appreciated..thanks

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Aaron Cake
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Canada
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Posted - Jul 17 2010 :  10:46:36 AM  Show Profile  Visit Aaron Cake's Homepage  Send Aaron Cake an ICQ Message  Send Aaron Cake a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
It looks like you are on the right track:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Homemade-Spot-Welder/

Seems that spot welding requires a lot more current then other methods at much lower voltage. You can probably lower the voltage to get a bit more current out of that transformer.

http://www.millerwelds.com/pdf/Resistance.pdf
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sergiosparks
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Philippines
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Posted - Jul 20 2010 :  05:50:35 AM  Show Profile  Send sergiosparks an ICQ Message  Reply with Quote
Wow ! lots of info to the sites you said thanks a lot Aaron.
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