How can I do in home A simple welding machine and welding electrode, we already know. We continue the topic of welding and home-made welding machines and consider the method of manufacturing our own holder for the welding machine.
Let's watch a video on making a homemade holder
So, before starting work, we will prepare the necessary materials and tools:
- half inch tube;
- plate 30x30 mm;
- two twigs 6.5 cm long;
- blank in the form of a wire;
- PVC plastic tube;
- two transition rings;
- nut;
- a bolt.
Separately, it should be noted that the use of stainless steel is an important factor, since the stainless steel does not oxidize, does not rust and conducts welding current well. Therefore, the author advises using stainless steel elements in the manufacturing process of a homemade holder. We also explain that two rods can be cut from old welding electrodes, and the workpiece can be connected from a piece of the same electrodes.
With the materials sorted out, you can start assembling. Let's start by assembling the inside of the holder. To do this, take a stainless steel tube and saw it lengthwise under the thickness of the plate. The depth of the cut should be about 3-4 mm so that the plate holds firmly. For more stability, weld the base plate.
Next, go to the next step. We take pieces of electrodes. We cook straight pieces on the sides of the plate, and a spring piece in the middle. Also required is a small cut on one of the side pieces. This is necessary so that the electrode is easier to insert into the holder and holds more stable.
We proceed to the next stage of manufacturing a homemade holder. Now we need to secure the cable. To do this, take a nut and a bolt. To do this, we need to drill a hole in the side of the tube and grab the nut there. In order to fix the cable, you need to insert it in stripped form into the tube and tighten the bolt by tightening the cable.
Finally, proceed to the manufacture of the handle holder. We put the rings on the tube and pull the PVC tube onto the stainless steel tube.Rings also need to be welded to a stainless steel tube.
In the end, on a metal-plastic pipe we drill a hole for the diameter of the bolt, also relatively small holes in the middle of the handle so that it cools better.