that…. is amazing

Posted at 2:37 pm on Sep 21st, 2006 by trebuchet03

dan is literally the man. he has some great stuff on his site, i wish he’d do a mig so i could copy the design

Posted at 3:42 pm on Sep 21st, 2006 by Monster

i’m scared…that’d be pretty cool, though

Posted at 3:57 pm on Sep 21st, 2006 by evo31337

thats so cool awsome trick have 2 welders myself but shop bought mig and ark even though not many pepole use ark now its such a good idea would love to see more of this kind of stuff on hackaday its so usefull .steve

Posted at 6:08 pm on Sep 21st, 2006 by steve

I am almost sure that this was already listed, if not just a link to his site (the homemade foundry comes to mind), but fun none the less ;)

I am also trying to figure out where Elliot went… Seems like it has been too long for him to just have been attending Fabienne…

Posted at 8:00 pm on Sep 21st, 2006 by ...

That looks extremely dangerous. Very scary.

Posted at 10:02 pm on Sep 21st, 2006 by Funny Commercials

just built it the other day. works ok, but another one a friend tried that uses an alternator and a large electric or gas motor seems to work better, at least in terms of amperage, although this tends to maintain a given amperage more consistantly. I’ll be honest, I’m no welding god, but if you have the parts around and feel like risking your own death, either one of these is a possiblity, as is the trucker welder.

Posted at 12:47 am on Sep 22nd, 2006 by gcc

soo i guess theres nothing on makeing a tig welder? /confused

Posted at 1:23 am on Sep 22nd, 2006 by Chupa

Hmmm…I was just at this site yesterday

It must be fate

Must electro…wait, I mean, Build arc welder…

Posted at 7:54 am on Sep 22nd, 2006 by red

So how exactly do you lose a welder? Mislabel a box??

btw, sweet hack.

Posted at 7:58 am on Sep 22nd, 2006 by olderty

nice hack!

But steve, how could you like this, it has none of teh leds!!1111ononeoneeleven

-Fragged

Posted at 9:38 am on Sep 22nd, 2006 by Fragged

(Who’s more foolish, the fool, or the fool that follows him?)

This does look scary, but it’s still awesome if it’s getting results. I wish I had the space to build what I would build with stuff like this…

Posted at 10:01 am on Sep 22nd, 2006 by strider_mt2k

FYI, TIG without AC/high freq start totally sucks. >_<

There’s not much that can replace a real, purpose-built welder.

Posted at 12:32 pm on Sep 22nd, 2006 by Vrogy

Aldi sells an new arc welder with 5 electrodes welding mask and apron and a “how to weld” guide at my local shop . Priced £34.99 or about $66.50 for all you americans out there which would probably be a lot cheaper than buliding this unless you had almost all of the parts already.

Posted at 4:01 pm on Sep 22nd, 2006 by crizlax

what happens if you tuch the arc?
because on DOOM, you flew like to like mars maybe?
that wont happen right?

Posted at 6:22 pm on Sep 22nd, 2006 by mahder bitch

Um, post another hack.
I don’t think the east coast got a hack on the 22nd.

Posted at 12:29 am on Sep 23rd, 2006 by mastershake916

HACKADAY! You have failed! There is no hack TODAY. How can it be a hack a day without a hack a day? Hackaday has steadily been turning to shit lately.

Posted at 1:17 am on Sep 23rd, 2006 by Crash

Professional welding equipment. http://www.millerwelds.com

Posted at 1:02 pm on Sep 30th, 2006 by Your AD Here.

Thanks for your comments, all of you. I would like to point out to the panicky scared folks that the microwave transformers are MODIFIED (er, hacked) to provide LOW voltage at high amps. They are no longer the HIGH voltage hazard as in their original use.

I’d like to say this to the fine citizen that wondered what happens if you touch the arc: same thing that happens if you touch the arc on any welder, homebuilt or not. All electric welders are electrocution hazards, duh!

Posted at 12:01 pm on Oct 27th, 2006 by dan