For most of us, Spot Welders would fall into this category. [mrjohngoh] had the need to join two pieces of sheet metal. Instead of purchasing a commercial unit, he set out to make his own spot welder.

[manekinen] came up with a really great solution to the problem of welding together sheet metal. It’s a very easy to build spot welder perfect for fabbing steel cases. The core of the build is ...

Pro Spot International has combined its new i5s spot welder with Universal Robots’ cobot technology for sheet metal joining applications. The Pro Spot i5s spot welder features a Universal Robots’ ...

When that happened to one contractor several years ago, spot welding suddenly took on a whole new level of importance because this sheet metal fabricator had to rivet his entire production run at ...

With that done, clean the underlying metal and apply weld-through primer. Then we use a series of different clamps to hold things in place before making our spot welds. You can usually fill the ...

Sometimes, it may also lead to excessive burrs or deformation of metal. D = 2d, d = spot weld diameter. Distance between weld and slot or holes. Distance between weld and form. When sheet-metal ...

Mounted in a drill, the Spotweld Cutter broaches a 3/8-inch hole in the panel, effectively cutting out the spot weld. Once all the welds are cut out, the stake pockets and rear sill panel can be ...