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Wood welder
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From: Jim Fosse [SMTP:jim.fosse-at-bjt-dot-net]
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 1998 12:39 AM
To: Tesla List
Subject: Re: Wood welder
>From: Bill the arcstarter [SMTP:arcstarter-at-hotmail-dot-com]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 07, 1998 3:19 PM
>To: jim.fosse-at-bjt.hotmail-dot-com; tesla-at-pupman-dot-com
>Subject: Wood welder
>
>Jim, fellow coilers,
> You wrote:
>
>>I still don't know what this unit was meant to heat but, it will make
>>a grand tube TC. I paid $20 U.S. for it.
I was willing to buy it just for the cabinet alone. The rest has just
been gravy.
>
>I can almost guarantee this unit was designed to do exactly what you
>tried- that is, to heat and quick-dry glue between pieces of wood.
>
Hi Bill,
I talked to the man I bought it from yesterday. He confirmed
that it was (is) used to dry the glue during plywood or laminate
manufacturing.
>How large are the output plates/electrodes? Is is somewhat portable or
>would it have been built into a cabinet or equipment rack?
Portable, the plates are 3" by 3/4" inside a ~4" square piece of
teflon(??) The "head" is hand held. The oscillator sits inside a 2'
high NEMA rack.
>
>Please let me know if you learn any more about your particular machine.
>Is there a pic of it on the web??
Not yet, I'm looking for an inexpensive scanner. I blew my "fun" money
this month on a 19" monitor so I could read the screen;( (I'm an
independent Electronics consultant and draw schematics all day, I have
to be able to see what I'm doing)
>
>Welding wood isn't that hard - provided you have the right welding rods
>available... :)
Every time I've used tooth picks as welding rods, I've burn my fingers
8-)
cheers,
jim