since we are on this topic, I have a box full of suitable diodes and can
easily make a diode bridge. I do a fair amount of welding (for a home
owner) almost all of it at about 180 amps, making welded faceplates for wood
lathes. So my question to the group - will I see some benefit from making
my AC welder into DC? I get good welds now, but faster, better, easier is
always good, and I've never used DC.

bill n

"F. George McDuffee" wrote in message
...
Check the back issues of Home Shop Machinist or Machinists
Workbench. They had a good article with part numbers/sources on
this.

GmcD

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 23:38:59 +0200, "A.J. Venter"
wrote:

need plans to convert ac welder to dc
thanks andries