PeterW
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 09:41 AM |
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Welding Magnets
On Frosts website - not normally known for low cost products...!!
Here
Cheers
Pete
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GeoffT
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 09:47 AM |
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No good for MIG though as I found out - for some reason the magnetic field makes the arc splatter all over the place. Never did find out why.
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James
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 10:11 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by PeterW
On Frosts website - not normally known for low cost products...!!
Will still cost you 50quid for delivery or something though! 
quote:
Originally posted by GeoffT
No good for MIG though as I found out - for some reason the magnetic field makes the arc splatter all over the place. Never did find out why.
I used these magnetic 'arrows' for my MIG'd chassis. Seemed fine, although (on reflection) I did only tack it together with them,
and removed them when it came to fully welding.
Cheers,
James
[Edited on 16/1/07 by James]
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zetec7
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 10:13 AM |
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I used them to good effect, and had no trouble with them during MIG welding...although my welding usually results in quite a bit of spatter, anyway
(even with 50/50 Argon/C02). I've recently bought some that are aluminium, with an on/off lever that interrupts the magnetic field. Very handy
for shaking off the beard of filings that always grows on my regular magnets in the shop! Also, easier to place when holding small bits
together...they don't shoot across the welding table and get stuck in the wrong place. Put everything where you want it, then flip the lever,
and nothing moves without a hammer until you move the lever again. VERY worthwhile!!
http://www.freewebs.com/zetec7/
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tks
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 11:42 AM |
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nahh
what if you do stainless? Or alluminium?
Tks
The above comments are always meant to be from the above persons perspective.
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Danozeman
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 01:34 PM |
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Iv used them for mig'ing steel. Very useful and had no troubles.
Dan
Built the purple peril!! Let the modifications begin!!
http://www.eastangliankitcars.co.uk
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suparuss
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 02:59 PM |
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Clicky
i read this ages and forgot about it, then i read your posts and googled it and found it first time! that doesnt happen very often. anyway its a bit
of info on magnetic arc blow casuing dodgy welds if anyone is interested.
cheers,
Russ.
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 16/1/07 at 03:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by tks
what if you do stainless? Or alluminium?
Tks
Blue Tack?
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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DIY Si
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| posted on 17/1/07 at 12:05 AM |
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What's wrong with normal clamps? 
“Let your plans be dark and as impenetratable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
My new blog: http://spritecave.blogspot.co.uk/
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