Rethreading spot welder tongs?
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:22:10 -0700, mike wrote:
I have an old Dayton 2Z543 hand held 115V spot welder. The tips screw into the tongs, but the threads are stripped. Been using it that way for a decade, but it's got to the point that I'm burning holes when the tips tilt and the contact area is small. Any options to repair this without spending $91 on new tongs? The copper is rather soft, so if I could just compress the end a little and re-thread the tongs and replace the tips, I'd be good to go. If I squeeze it in a vise, I'll just make the hole oblong. I have a substantial V-block and a press, maybe three sides will be enough??? I don't know much about the dynamics of metal forming. Would pounding on it with a hammer in the V-block work better than trying to squeeze it? Anybody got a trick for getting compressive force on multiple sides to shrink it. Or maybe a highly conductive heli-coil? Thought I'd get some advice before I made a mess of it. I rarely use it, so the "fix" doesn't have to be production quality. Ideas? Thanks, mike You can squeeze the copper using the 3 jaw chuck on the lathe. Squeeze, loosen, rotate a little, squeeze, rotate a little, etc. Eric |
Rethreading spot welder tongs?
On Jun 23, 9:48*am, wrote:
On Wed, 22 Jun 2011 23:22:10 -0700, mike wrote: I have an old Dayton 2Z543 hand held 115V spot welder. The tips screw into the tongs, but the threads are stripped. Been using it that way for a decade, but it's got to the point that I'm burning holes when the tips tilt and the contact area is small. Any options to repair this without spending $91 on new tongs? The copper is rather soft, so if I could just compress the end a little and re-thread the tongs and replace the tips, I'd be good to go. If I squeeze it in a vise, I'll just make the hole oblong. I have a substantial V-block and a press, maybe three sides will be enough??? I don't know much about the dynamics of metal forming. Would pounding on it with a hammer in the V-block work better than trying to squeeze it? Anybody got a trick for getting compressive force on multiple sides to shrink it. Or maybe a highly conductive heli-coil? Thought I'd get some advice before I made a mess of it. I rarely use it, so the "fix" doesn't have to be production quality. Ideas? Thanks, mike You can squeeze the copper using the 3 jaw chuck on the lathe. Squeeze, loosen, rotate a little, squeeze, rotate a little, etc. Eric- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - 6-jaw would better. Maybe make up a roller to replace the cutter on a pipe cutter and use that to squeeze things, Or you could braze the holes shut, redrill and retap. Use high-silver content braze if you're worried about conductivity. Dirll/ream the thread remnants out to clean metal, pack the cavity full of braze and flux and get the O/A torch out. Stan |
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